MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 51.82,-115.06 Latitude: 51.82 Longitude: -115.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 560 2 900 1036 SFC 867 1366 23.4 13.9 55 9.4 17.0 147 8 308.9 311.1 295.3 344.2 11.61 4 850 1534 20.4 12.3 60 8.1 15.1 154 10 307.5 309.5 294.3 339.7 10.64 5 800 2053 16.2 7.8 57 8.5 11.0 183 14 308.5 310.0 292.7 333.8 8.31 6 750 2599 12.9 5.9 63 7.0 8.8 194 6 310.6 312.1 293.0 334.7 7.81 7 700 3175 8.4 4.3 75 4.2 6.0 264 0 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.9 7.44 8 650 3782 3.4 -2.2 67 5.6 0.6 66 4 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.02 9 600 4426 -1.3 -10.5 50 9.2 -5.1 108 2 314.6 315.1 289.9 323.9 2.87 10 550 5114 -5.3 -25.5 19 20.3 -10.9 176 5 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.8 0.87 11 500 5854 -10.1 -35.0 11 24.9 -15.2 170 8 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.39 12 450 6657 -15.4 -39.4 11 24.0 -19.4 179 9 323.9 324.0 290.3 324.9 0.28 13 400 7534 -22.0 -29.3 51 7.3 -23.5 200 10 326.5 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.85 14 350 8501 -29.5 -35.3 57 5.9 -30.3 215 11 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.0 0.54 15 300 9583 -37.3 -49.0 29 11.7 -38.2 262 12 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.15 16 250 10813 -48.3 -56.0 40 7.7 -48.6 255 16 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.08 17 200 12248 -56.7 -64.7 36 7.9 -56.9 218 20 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14093 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 276 13 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16691 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 320 5 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.41 m Freezing level: 613.88 mb = 4247.02 m = 13933.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.73 mb = 3847.80 m = 12623.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.09 mb = 2553.35 m = 8377.02 ft T: 13.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.43 mb = 3335.48 m = 10943.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 487.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.12 mb = 2915.43 m = 9564.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.12 mb = 3818.03 m = 12526.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.12 mb = 11153.11 m = 36591.12 ft B at Equ Level: 484.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.12 mb = 13026.80 m = 42738.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.1 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 203.1 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 188.95 Bulk Shear: 2.58 m/s