MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 51.12,-114.02 Latitude: 51.12 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 128 1 950 571 2 900 1043 SFC 895 1093 15.4 9.9 70 5.5 12.0 287 5 297.8 299.4 289.6 322.9 8.59 4 850 1539 20.7 3.0 31 17.7 10.7 228 3 307.8 308.9 290.3 325.0 5.58 5 800 2058 16.2 3.5 43 12.7 9.0 156 5 308.4 309.6 291.0 327.3 6.16 6 750 2601 11.2 2.3 55 8.8 6.3 118 4 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.3 6.05 7 700 3172 5.6 1.3 74 4.3 3.3 115 4 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.2 6.02 8 650 3772 1.3 -10.4 41 11.8 -3.5 72 10 310.5 311.0 288.4 319.0 2.66 9 600 4412 -2.3 -17.0 31 14.7 -7.4 56 12 313.5 313.8 288.5 319.1 1.69 10 550 5096 -7.6 -20.4 35 12.9 -11.5 54 9 315.1 315.4 288.6 319.7 1.37 11 500 5831 -12.1 -34.4 14 22.3 -16.6 31 7 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.7 0.41 12 450 6626 -17.6 -44.1 8 26.4 -21.2 5 10 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.17 13 400 7496 -24.0 -48.8 8 24.8 -26.6 328 12 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.11 14 350 8456 -30.6 -41.2 34 10.7 -31.8 290 23 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.30 15 300 9531 -39.0 -44.5 57 5.4 -39.5 282 31 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.24 16 250 10752 -49.6 -54.5 57 4.8 -49.8 286 31 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 17 200 12197 -51.1 -72.8 6 21.6 -51.5 286 26 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14062 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 295 18 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 330 11 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.23 m Freezing level: 631.31 mb = 4011.54 m = 13161.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.72 mb = 3457.91 m = 11344.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.58 mb = 1798.62 m = 5900.90 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.35 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.70 mb = 3825.41 m = 12550.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.84 C Cross Totals Index: 15.11 C K Index: 31.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 47.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8049.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.74 mb = 3279.71 m = 10760.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.9 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 80.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -26.2 tot: -26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.84 Bulk Shear: 15.51 m/s