MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 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 114 1 950 569 2 900 1047 SFC 895 1094 26.9 7.0 28 19.9 14.7 103 3 309.7 311.0 292.1 331.3 7.04 4 850 1547 22.0 4.7 32 17.3 11.9 98 3 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.6 6.30 5 800 2068 16.9 3.6 41 13.2 9.3 94 3 309.1 310.3 291.2 328.3 6.21 6 750 2612 11.5 2.6 54 8.9 6.6 90 3 309.1 310.3 291.2 328.2 6.18 7 700 3184 6.0 1.6 73 4.4 3.6 87 3 309.1 310.3 291.2 328.0 6.14 8 650 3785 1.0 -10.0 44 11.0 -3.5 89 5 310.1 310.7 288.4 318.9 2.76 9 600 4423 -3.3 -19.4 27 16.2 -8.4 81 5 312.3 312.6 287.7 316.9 1.37 10 550 5104 -7.6 -27.8 18 20.2 -12.6 43 3 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.5 0.70 11 500 5839 -11.6 -39.4 8 27.8 -16.5 36 5 318.9 318.9 288.7 319.8 0.25 12 450 6638 -17.0 -37.5 15 20.5 -20.4 36 6 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.34 13 400 7510 -23.6 -35.3 33 11.7 -25.5 30 7 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.0 0.47 14 350 8469 -31.5 -46.8 21 15.2 -32.9 356 6 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.16 15 300 9539 -40.5 -52.6 26 12.1 -41.2 320 7 328.2 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.10 16 250 10755 -50.0 -55.1 55 5.0 -50.2 301 8 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.09 17 200 12192 -52.9 -70.5 10 17.6 -53.2 289 14 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14054 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 298 13 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16636 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 313 9 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.23 m Freezing level: 637.86 mb = 3939.49 m = 12924.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.65 mb = 3482.68 m = 11425.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.43 mb = 3557.88 m = 11672.69 ft T: 2.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.76 mb = 3762.73 m = 12344.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.61 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.20 mb = 3670.69 m = 12042.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.20 mb = 4107.45 m = 13475.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.20 mb = 5927.92 m = 19448.32 ft B at Equ Level: 32.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.20 mb = 10138.63 m = 33262.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.0 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 94.0 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 36.43 Bulk Shear: 0.91 m/s