MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 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 110 1 950 554 2 900 1026 SFC 893 1094 20.2 15.5 74 4.7 17.1 297 5 303.0 305.3 294.3 340.1 12.51 4 850 1520 18.2 11.3 64 6.9 13.8 324 9 305.2 307.1 293.1 335.0 9.93 5 800 2036 13.7 10.7 82 3.0 11.8 340 8 305.8 307.6 293.4 336.2 10.13 6 750 2576 9.0 8.5 97 0.5 8.7 346 8 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.5 9.35 7 700 3145 5.6 4.4 92 1.1 4.9 358 9 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.7 7.54 8 650 3748 2.5 -0.2 83 2.6 1.1 40 6 311.8 312.9 291.7 329.9 5.82 9 600 4392 -1.0 -4.8 75 3.8 -2.8 107 4 315.0 315.8 291.5 329.2 4.46 10 550 5081 -4.8 -11.5 59 6.7 -7.5 139 8 318.4 319.0 291.1 327.9 2.89 11 500 5825 -9.5 -15.2 63 5.7 -11.6 150 8 321.5 321.9 291.5 329.3 2.34 12 450 6630 -14.3 -25.8 37 11.6 -17.3 154 10 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.03 13 400 7512 -20.5 -31.7 36 11.2 -22.8 163 11 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.67 14 350 8485 -27.7 -45.5 17 17.8 -29.6 153 12 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.19 15 300 9572 -37.1 -44.7 45 7.6 -37.8 138 11 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.24 16 250 10804 -47.5 -53.2 52 5.7 -47.7 139 15 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12240 -55.8 -63.8 36 8.1 -55.9 164 17 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14094 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 211 7 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16694 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 212 4 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.93 m Freezing level: 614.34 mb = 4207.22 m = 13803.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.11 mb = 3921.95 m = 12867.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.95 % Est. max temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.19 mb = 1689.72 m = 5543.64 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2390.61 m = 7843.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.83 mb = 2249.60 m = 7380.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.83 mb = 2522.28 m = 8275.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.83 mb = 10938.65 m = 35887.51 ft B at Equ Level: 276.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.83 mb = 12748.32 m = 41824.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.3 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 116.3 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 11.28 Bulk Shear: 24.85 m/s