MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 130 1 950 581 2 900 1058 SFC 896 1095 26.2 10.2 37 15.9 16.0 13 3 308.8 310.5 293.2 335.5 8.75 4 850 1555 20.4 7.7 44 12.6 12.7 18 3 307.5 308.9 292.0 331.2 7.80 5 800 2074 15.5 4.1 46 11.5 9.0 62 3 307.7 308.9 290.9 327.3 6.40 6 750 2616 10.4 1.4 53 9.0 5.6 74 3 307.9 309.0 290.4 325.3 5.66 7 700 3185 4.9 0.4 73 4.4 2.5 73 3 307.9 308.9 290.3 325.3 5.65 8 650 3784 0.4 -11.7 40 12.1 -4.4 79 7 309.4 309.9 287.8 317.1 2.40 9 600 4421 -3.3 -19.5 27 16.2 -8.4 64 9 312.4 312.6 287.7 316.9 1.36 10 550 5102 -7.8 -24.9 24 17.1 -12.4 50 5 314.8 315.0 288.1 318.0 0.92 11 500 5837 -12.0 -38.8 9 26.8 -16.7 47 7 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.4 0.27 12 450 6634 -17.4 -41.2 11 23.7 -21.0 52 11 321.3 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.23 13 400 7504 -23.8 -38.5 25 14.7 -25.9 52 14 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.3 0.34 14 350 8463 -31.6 -43.9 29 12.2 -32.9 43 13 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.22 15 300 9533 -40.3 -54.6 20 14.3 -41.0 6 9 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 16 250 10751 -49.7 -55.6 49 6.0 -49.8 314 13 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.08 17 200 12191 -52.1 -70.3 10 18.1 -52.5 303 13 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14057 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 306 12 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16637 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 9 6 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.95 m Freezing level: 644.63 mb = 3852.14 m = 12638.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.64 mb = 3399.65 m = 11153.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.08 mb = 3078.59 m = 10100.23 ft T: 5.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 18.65 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.12 mb = 3241.41 m = 10634.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.69 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 303.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.99 mb = 3219.66 m = 10563.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.99 mb = 3277.84 m = 10753.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.99 mb = 10187.91 m = 33424.50 ft B at Equ Level: 299.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.99 mb = 11815.53 m = 38764.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.5 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 86.5 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -1.3 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 126.34 Bulk Shear: 2.40 m/s