MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 50.82,-114.41 Latitude: 50.82 Longitude: -114.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 568 2 900 1040 SFC 871 1324 19.6 15.6 78 4.0 16.9 41 1 304.5 306.9 295.0 343.0 12.90 4 850 1532 17.4 14.1 81 3.4 15.2 58 2 304.4 306.6 294.3 340.0 11.95 5 800 2047 13.0 12.1 94 0.9 12.4 85 5 305.0 307.1 293.9 338.4 11.15 6 750 2588 9.4 9.2 99 0.2 9.3 91 7 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.3 9.80 7 700 3157 5.4 4.6 95 0.7 4.9 62 2 308.4 309.9 292.2 331.8 7.64 8 650 3759 1.7 -4.7 62 6.4 -1.3 353 3 310.9 311.6 289.9 323.9 4.14 9 600 4401 -1.1 -22.0 19 21.0 -7.6 65 3 314.9 315.1 288.3 318.6 1.09 10 550 5088 -5.6 -11.5 63 5.8 -7.9 75 4 317.4 318.0 290.8 326.9 2.90 11 500 5829 -9.9 -18.5 50 8.5 -12.7 118 6 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.0 1.78 12 450 6634 -14.7 -24.3 44 9.5 -17.3 139 9 324.7 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.19 13 400 7515 -20.9 -34.1 30 13.2 -23.3 142 9 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.8 0.53 14 350 8485 -28.4 -43.6 22 15.2 -30.1 147 10 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.23 15 300 9569 -37.4 -48.7 30 11.2 -38.2 163 12 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10800 -48.0 -52.1 63 4.1 -48.2 168 17 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 17 200 12239 -53.6 -66.8 19 13.1 -53.9 195 17 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14102 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 211 11 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16705 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 221 4 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.44 m Freezing level: 619.30 mb = 4152.88 m = 13624.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.59 mb = 3627.54 m = 11901.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.78 % Est. max temperature: 22.66 C = 72.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.19 mb = 1825.26 m = 5988.32 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 24.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2143.94 m = 7033.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.34 C = 68.61 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 40.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.69 mb = 2092.58 m = 6865.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.69 mb = 2251.87 m = 7387.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.69 mb = 11318.66 m = 37134.25 ft B at Equ Level: 847.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.69 mb = 13656.58 m = 44804.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.8 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 132.8 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -7.5 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 471.97 Bulk Shear: 1.81 m/s