MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 144 1 950 586 2 900 1056 SFC 896 1094 18.4 11.4 64 7.0 14.0 311 4 300.8 302.6 291.4 328.8 9.50 4 850 1550 20.2 3.1 32 17.1 10.5 353 3 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.6 5.64 5 800 2068 15.6 2.9 42 12.7 8.5 85 4 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.0 5.90 6 750 2611 10.5 1.5 54 9.0 5.6 84 4 307.9 309.0 290.4 325.4 5.69 7 700 3179 4.9 0.5 73 4.4 2.6 83 4 307.9 309.0 290.4 325.3 5.66 8 650 3778 0.4 -10.1 45 10.5 -3.9 69 8 309.4 309.9 288.1 318.0 2.72 9 600 4416 -3.2 -18.0 31 14.9 -8.1 57 10 312.5 312.7 287.9 317.5 1.54 10 550 5097 -7.8 -25.5 23 17.7 -12.5 49 7 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.8 0.87 11 500 5832 -12.2 -36.7 11 24.5 -16.7 33 9 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.3 0.33 12 450 6628 -17.6 -42.5 9 24.9 -21.2 36 14 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.20 13 400 7498 -24.0 -41.9 18 17.8 -26.3 37 19 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.6 0.24 14 350 8457 -31.4 -46.6 21 15.2 -32.8 35 20 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.17 15 300 9528 -40.1 -55.0 19 14.9 -40.9 7 15 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.07 16 250 10747 -49.2 -57.6 37 8.4 -49.4 332 14 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 17 200 12186 -52.8 -70.2 10 17.3 -53.2 303 17 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14053 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 307 17 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16631 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 353 11 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.22 m Freezing level: 644.83 mb = 3844.14 m = 12611.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.03 mb = 3413.30 m = 11198.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.46 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.03 mb = 1982.87 m = 6505.39 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 8.41 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.62 mb = 3586.29 m = 11765.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.41 C Cross Totals Index: 15.33 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 53.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7286.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.90 mb = 3261.74 m = 10701.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 47.5 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 77.5 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 7.74 m/s