MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 121 1 950 572 2 900 1049 SFC 895 1094 22.9 7.8 38 15.1 13.7 202 2 305.5 306.9 291.2 328.0 7.43 4 850 1547 21.6 3.9 31 17.8 11.4 138 5 308.8 309.9 290.9 327.1 5.94 5 800 2067 16.6 2.3 38 14.3 8.6 125 4 308.9 309.9 290.7 326.4 5.67 6 750 2611 11.4 1.7 51 9.7 6.1 124 4 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.7 5.77 7 700 3182 5.8 0.6 69 5.3 3.1 123 4 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.70 8 650 3783 1.1 -11.2 39 12.4 -3.8 117 5 310.3 310.7 288.2 318.2 2.49 9 600 4421 -3.2 -18.5 30 15.2 -8.2 109 3 312.4 312.6 287.8 317.3 1.48 10 550 5102 -7.6 -29.1 16 21.5 -12.8 56 3 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.2 0.62 11 500 5837 -11.7 -38.6 9 26.9 -16.5 42 7 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.8 0.27 12 450 6635 -17.0 -34.5 20 17.5 -20.3 33 8 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.5 0.45 13 400 7506 -23.9 -35.8 33 11.9 -25.8 27 7 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.45 14 350 8465 -31.8 -47.5 20 15.6 -33.2 353 7 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.15 15 300 9534 -40.7 -51.1 32 10.4 -41.3 335 9 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.12 16 250 10749 -50.2 -55.3 55 5.1 -50.4 311 11 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 17 200 12187 -52.1 -71.0 9 18.9 -52.5 300 13 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14053 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 301 12 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16630 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 335 9 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.66 m Freezing level: 636.97 mb = 3949.07 m = 12956.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.73 mb = 3444.15 m = 11299.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.21 mb = 2992.76 m = 9818.65 ft T: 7.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.99 mb = 3881.56 m = 12734.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.35 C Cross Totals Index: 15.56 C K Index: 31.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6724.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.16 mb = 3608.05 m = 11837.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.0 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 109.0 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -3.8 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.72 Bulk Shear: 3.68 m/s