MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.68,-114.58 Latitude: 51.68 Longitude: -114.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 506 2 900 978 SFC 881 1167 21.6 12.3 55 9.3 15.6 104 3 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.6 10.29 4 850 1471 17.5 10.1 62 7.4 12.9 117 3 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.0 9.19 5 800 1985 12.5 9.2 80 3.3 10.4 134 3 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.9 9.16 6 750 2522 7.5 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 194 5 304.7 306.3 291.7 330.2 8.50 7 700 3087 3.4 0.4 81 3.0 1.8 257 16 306.2 307.3 289.8 323.4 5.63 8 650 3684 -0.1 -8.9 52 8.8 -3.8 260 21 308.8 309.4 288.2 318.3 2.99 9 600 4319 -4.4 -15.5 42 11.1 -8.3 251 21 311.0 311.4 287.8 317.2 1.90 10 550 4998 -9.0 -19.9 41 11.0 -12.2 245 20 313.4 313.7 288.2 318.2 1.43 11 500 5728 -14.0 -22.7 48 8.7 -16.3 237 22 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.1 1.23 12 450 6520 -19.4 -30.3 37 10.9 -21.5 232 24 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.3 0.69 13 400 7383 -26.0 -37.6 33 11.5 -27.6 234 25 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.5 0.38 14 350 8333 -33.9 -47.9 23 14.0 -35.0 238 31 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.14 15 300 9395 -42.0 -52.1 33 10.1 -42.6 236 58 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.10 16 250 10602 -52.0 -58.0 49 6.0 -52.2 224 56 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.06 17 200 12049 -48.1 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.7 209 31 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.00 18 150 13953 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 198 35 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.01 19 100 16594 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 184 20 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.71 m Freezing level: 651.91 mb = 3660.95 m = 12010.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.68 mb = 3276.68 m = 10750.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.31 % Est. max temperature: 21.23 C = 70.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.50 mb = 2330.06 m = 7644.45 ft T: 9.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 19.43 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2390.92 m = 7844.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.62 C = 69.11 F Cap Strength: -0.00 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1073.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.93 mb = 2390.75 m = 7843.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.93 mb = 2445.57 m = 8023.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.93 mb = 10950.03 m = 35924.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1048.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.93 mb = 12860.23 m = 42191.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.6 neg: -6.0 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 22.89 Bulk Shear: 46.90 m/s