MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 131 1 950 576 2 900 1050 SFC 896 1093 17.4 9.0 58 8.4 12.3 279 5 299.9 301.4 289.9 323.7 8.06 4 850 1547 21.2 3.6 31 17.6 11.1 179 5 308.4 309.4 290.6 326.3 5.82 5 800 2067 16.3 2.0 38 14.3 8.4 158 4 308.5 309.6 290.5 325.6 5.53 6 750 2610 11.0 1.1 50 9.9 5.6 157 4 308.5 309.6 290.5 325.5 5.52 7 700 3180 5.4 0.1 68 5.4 2.7 157 4 308.5 309.6 290.4 325.5 5.50 8 650 3780 1.0 -12.3 36 13.3 -4.1 153 3 310.1 310.5 287.9 317.5 2.29 9 600 4418 -3.2 -19.6 27 16.4 -8.5 157 2 312.4 312.6 287.7 316.8 1.35 10 550 5100 -7.4 -31.8 12 24.3 -12.9 122 3 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.0 0.49 11 500 5835 -11.6 -36.5 11 24.9 -16.3 73 6 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.34 12 450 6633 -17.1 -33.9 22 16.7 -20.3 52 7 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.5 0.48 13 400 7504 -24.2 -38.9 24 14.7 -26.2 54 6 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.33 14 350 8461 -32.2 -46.5 23 14.4 -33.4 1 7 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.17 15 300 9529 -41.2 -50.5 36 9.4 -41.7 339 10 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.12 16 250 10741 -50.7 -54.2 66 3.5 -50.8 326 13 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.10 17 200 12177 -52.4 -70.5 10 18.1 -52.8 310 12 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14039 -52.9 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 318 8 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16622 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 344 6 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.66 m Freezing level: 638.11 mb = 3931.56 m = 12898.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.46 mb = 3409.16 m = 11184.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.57 mb = 2177.18 m = 7142.90 ft T: 15.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.43 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.51 mb = 3835.16 m = 12582.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.79 C Cross Totals Index: 15.17 C K Index: 30.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6529.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.83 mb = 3416.65 m = 11209.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.2 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 147.2 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -9.8 tot: -9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.97 Bulk Shear: 7.21 m/s