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: 51.79,-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 137 1 950 577 2 900 1047 SFC 890 1143 14.9 9.7 71 5.2 11.7 278 6 297.8 299.4 289.6 322.7 8.51 4 850 1541 19.8 8.7 49 11.1 12.9 337 5 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.1 8.32 5 800 2060 16.0 5.0 48 11.0 9.6 231 2 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.2 6.86 6 750 2603 10.9 3.0 58 7.9 6.5 116 1 308.4 309.6 291.1 327.9 6.36 7 700 3173 6.2 -3.1 51 9.3 1.7 73 6 309.4 310.2 289.7 323.0 4.36 8 650 3776 1.7 -8.5 47 10.2 -2.7 64 8 310.9 311.5 288.9 320.7 3.09 9 600 4414 -4.0 -12.1 53 8.2 -7.1 42 7 311.5 312.0 288.6 319.6 2.51 10 550 5095 -7.7 -28.3 17 20.6 -12.8 30 7 314.9 315.1 287.9 317.3 0.67 11 500 5829 -11.9 -38.4 9 26.6 -16.6 29 12 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.6 0.28 12 450 6626 -17.5 -39.5 13 22.0 -21.0 30 16 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.28 13 400 7495 -23.9 -41.1 19 17.2 -26.1 35 19 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.26 14 350 8454 -31.8 -41.6 37 9.8 -32.8 32 20 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.28 15 300 9524 -40.2 -54.0 21 13.8 -40.9 22 18 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 16 250 10744 -48.7 -57.2 37 8.5 -49.0 359 16 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12188 -52.7 -70.1 10 17.4 -53.1 316 14 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14054 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 308 18 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16638 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 337 12 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.10 m Freezing level: 635.06 mb = 3966.25 m = 13012.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.11 mb = 3395.64 m = 11140.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.03 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.14 mb = 1815.55 m = 5956.46 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.85 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.35 mb = 3392.78 m = 11131.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.60 mb = 2899.18 m = 9511.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.60 mb = 4170.25 m = 13681.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.60 mb = 8891.79 m = 29172.19 ft B at Equ Level: 133.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.60 mb = 10780.60 m = 35368.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.6 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 64.6 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -20.5 tot: -8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.20 Bulk Shear: 10.93 m/s