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: 51.79,-114.64 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -114.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 890 1143 15.9 8.5 61 7.4 11.5 275 5 298.9 300.3 289.3 321.9 7.84 4 850 1539 20.9 7.1 41 13.8 12.5 294 3 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.8 7.45 5 800 2059 16.4 5.0 47 11.3 9.7 195 2 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.7 6.87 6 750 2603 11.3 3.2 57 8.2 6.8 115 1 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.6 6.42 7 700 3174 6.8 -3.2 49 9.9 1.9 64 7 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.5 4.33 8 650 3778 2.3 -8.3 46 10.5 -2.3 62 9 311.5 312.1 289.2 321.6 3.15 9 600 4417 -3.6 -10.7 58 7.1 -6.5 47 8 311.9 312.4 289.0 320.9 2.81 10 550 5099 -7.6 -26.0 21 18.4 -12.4 39 9 315.1 315.2 288.1 317.9 0.83 11 500 5833 -12.2 -37.6 10 25.5 -16.8 30 10 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.3 0.30 12 450 6629 -17.6 -39.4 13 21.8 -21.1 25 14 321.1 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.28 13 400 7498 -24.5 -47.2 10 22.7 -26.9 23 16 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.14 14 350 8455 -31.8 -48.8 17 17.0 -33.3 23 18 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.13 15 300 9526 -40.1 -56.0 17 15.9 -40.8 12 17 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 16 250 10746 -48.8 -61.1 23 12.3 -49.1 344 17 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.04 17 200 12191 -52.4 -70.5 10 18.1 -52.7 306 18 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14057 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 305 17 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16640 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 331 11 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.33 m Freezing level: 630.84 mb = 4023.00 m = 13198.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.54 mb = 3439.99 m = 11285.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.79 C = 78.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.25 mb = 2098.59 m = 6885.05 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.90 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.77 mb = 3656.56 m = 11996.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 104.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.12 mb = 3125.82 m = 10255.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.12 mb = 4296.73 m = 14096.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.12 mb = 8674.73 m = 28460.04 ft B at Equ Level: 103.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.12 mb = 10506.20 m = 34468.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 37.4 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 67.4 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -12.4 tot: -10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.75 Bulk Shear: 13.54 m/s