MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 135 1 950 573 2 900 1045 SFC 895 1093 13.0 9.0 76 4.0 10.7 290 6 295.4 296.9 288.3 318.7 8.07 4 850 1540 20.5 2.6 31 17.9 10.4 329 3 307.6 308.6 290.0 324.3 5.44 5 800 2059 16.0 3.3 43 12.7 8.8 93 3 308.2 309.3 290.8 326.8 6.06 6 750 2602 10.7 1.6 53 9.1 5.8 83 4 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.9 5.73 7 700 3171 5.2 0.6 72 4.6 2.7 81 4 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.8 5.70 8 650 3771 0.6 -10.1 45 10.7 -3.8 67 8 309.6 310.2 288.2 318.4 2.74 9 600 4409 -3.0 -16.8 34 13.8 -7.7 50 11 312.6 313.0 288.2 318.3 1.71 10 550 5091 -7.7 -23.4 27 15.7 -12.1 44 7 314.9 315.1 288.2 318.5 1.05 11 500 5825 -12.3 -36.5 11 24.2 -16.8 19 9 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.3 0.34 12 450 6622 -17.6 -40.0 12 22.3 -21.1 14 14 321.1 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.26 13 400 7490 -24.1 -48.4 9 24.3 -26.6 7 16 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.12 14 350 8449 -31.3 -49.8 14 18.5 -32.9 350 15 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.11 15 300 9523 -39.3 -56.5 14 17.2 -40.2 307 19 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 16 250 10745 -48.5 -61.1 22 12.7 -48.8 314 18 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 12192 -51.8 -71.6 8 19.8 -52.2 300 23 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14059 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 297 19 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16639 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 333 12 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.22 m Freezing level: 641.73 mb = 3876.31 m = 12717.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.00 mb = 3417.75 m = 11212.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.80 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.23 mb = 1618.80 m = 5310.95 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 8.50 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.17 mb = 3756.21 m = 12323.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 2.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.75 C Cross Totals Index: 14.88 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 45.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8205.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.74 mb = 3255.63 m = 10681.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.7 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 65.7 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -4.9 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.21 Bulk Shear: 10.22 m/s