MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1 950 573 2 900 1045 SFC 895 1093 14.6 8.1 65 6.5 10.7 278 5 297.0 298.4 288.5 319.1 7.57 4 850 1541 20.7 3.8 33 16.9 11.0 201 6 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.1 5.92 5 800 2060 15.9 1.8 38 14.1 8.1 186 5 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.9 5.44 6 750 2602 10.6 0.9 51 9.8 5.4 187 5 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.9 5.43 7 700 3172 5.2 -1.2 63 6.4 2.0 190 5 308.3 309.2 289.9 323.8 5.01 8 650 3771 1.3 -18.0 22 19.3 -5.3 214 2 310.5 310.8 287.2 315.2 1.43 9 600 4410 -3.3 -20.4 25 17.1 -8.6 269 2 312.3 312.6 287.6 316.5 1.26 10 550 5092 -7.3 -31.9 12 24.6 -12.9 256 2 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.1 0.48 11 500 5828 -11.5 -36.9 10 25.3 -16.3 20 1 319.0 319.0 288.8 320.2 0.32 12 450 6625 -17.2 -36.4 17 19.1 -20.5 40 3 321.6 321.6 289.6 323.0 0.38 13 400 7495 -24.5 -37.8 28 13.3 -26.3 29 2 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.37 14 350 8452 -32.4 -45.0 28 12.6 -33.6 347 7 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.20 15 300 9519 -41.2 -49.5 40 8.3 -41.7 345 12 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.14 16 250 10730 -50.5 -55.2 57 4.7 -50.7 338 14 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.09 17 200 12168 -52.5 -70.6 10 18.1 -52.9 304 11 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14028 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 279 7 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16614 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 336 6 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.12 m Freezing level: 635.41 mb = 3957.50 m = 12983.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.45 mb = 3329.72 m = 10924.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.05 % Est. max temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.79 mb = 1934.53 m = 6346.81 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 10.86 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.99 mb = 3919.96 m = 12860.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 2.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.28 C Cross Totals Index: 15.36 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7323.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.83 mb = 3325.21 m = 10909.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.3 at 3.4 knts Storm direction: 239.3 at 2.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -7.6 tot: -7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 46.18 Bulk Shear: 1.00 m/s