MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 133 1 950 572 2 900 1043 SFC 895 1093 13.2 7.0 66 6.2 9.7 269 5 295.6 296.9 287.5 316.1 7.04 4 850 1537 20.2 3.7 34 16.5 10.7 205 8 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.3 5.87 5 800 2055 15.6 1.8 39 13.7 8.0 198 7 307.7 308.7 290.1 324.5 5.45 6 750 2597 10.4 0.2 49 10.2 5.0 207 6 307.9 308.8 289.9 323.8 5.16 7 700 3166 5.5 -5.0 47 10.5 0.5 235 5 308.6 309.3 288.8 320.3 3.75 8 650 3767 1.6 -19.9 18 21.5 -5.4 306 5 310.8 311.0 287.0 314.8 1.21 9 600 4404 -3.5 -20.7 25 17.2 -8.8 324 5 312.0 312.3 287.5 316.1 1.22 10 550 5086 -7.6 -33.3 11 25.7 -13.1 328 4 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.6 0.42 11 500 5821 -11.9 -37.4 10 25.5 -16.6 338 4 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.6 0.31 12 450 6617 -17.7 -36.2 18 18.5 -20.8 349 4 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.4 0.39 13 400 7486 -24.9 -36.6 33 11.6 -26.6 309 4 322.6 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.42 14 350 8441 -32.7 -44.6 30 11.8 -33.8 329 9 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.21 15 300 9507 -41.4 -48.2 48 6.8 -41.8 329 12 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.16 16 250 10717 -50.8 -56.0 54 5.2 -51.0 314 15 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 17 200 12155 -52.2 -72.0 7 19.9 -52.5 301 14 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14018 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 285 13 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16597 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 324 5 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.34 m Freezing level: 634.19 mb = 3968.33 m = 13019.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.42 mb = 3219.39 m = 10562.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.25 % Est. max temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.10 mb = 1895.54 m = 6218.88 ft T: 16.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.43 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.03 mb = 3990.04 m = 13090.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 2.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.61 C K Index: 25.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7244.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.91 mb = 3283.92 m = 10773.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -10.7 tot: -3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.29 Bulk Shear: 3.80 m/s