MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 120 1 950 575 2 900 1053 SFC 896 1095 27.5 7.3 28 20.2 15.0 90 3 310.3 311.6 292.4 332.4 7.19 4 850 1552 21.6 5.1 34 16.5 11.9 86 3 308.7 310.0 291.3 328.7 6.49 5 800 2072 16.4 4.2 44 12.2 9.4 81 3 308.6 309.9 291.3 328.5 6.48 6 750 2616 11.1 3.2 58 7.8 6.6 76 3 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.4 6.45 7 700 3186 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 72 3 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.2 6.41 8 650 3786 0.6 -7.0 57 7.6 -2.8 86 5 309.6 310.2 288.9 320.5 3.48 9 600 4424 -3.4 -19.6 27 16.2 -8.5 69 8 312.2 312.5 287.6 316.7 1.35 10 550 5105 -7.8 -25.8 22 18.0 -12.5 44 4 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.7 0.85 11 500 5840 -11.7 -40.7 7 29.0 -16.6 47 6 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.22 12 450 6638 -17.1 -40.4 11 23.3 -20.8 54 8 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.6 0.25 13 400 7509 -23.7 -37.2 28 13.5 -25.8 49 9 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.39 14 350 8469 -31.6 -45.6 24 14.0 -32.9 28 7 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.18 15 300 9538 -40.4 -53.9 22 13.5 -41.1 335 5 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.08 16 250 10756 -49.7 -55.4 51 5.7 -49.9 319 9 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 17 200 12196 -52.2 -70.3 10 18.1 -52.5 289 12 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14061 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -52.9 292 13 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16646 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 305 6 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.75 m Freezing level: 642.96 mb = 3876.15 m = 12716.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.66 mb = 3520.89 m = 11551.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.16 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.03 mb = 3589.05 m = 11774.97 ft T: 2.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.48 mb = 3620.22 m = 11877.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.84 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.81 mb = 3591.73 m = 11783.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.81 mb = 3776.26 m = 12389.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.81 mb = 9292.69 m = 30487.46 ft B at Equ Level: 106.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.81 mb = 10997.24 m = 36079.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.1 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 93.1 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 117.59 Bulk Shear: 0.91 m/s