MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.03,-114.25 Latitude: 51.03 Longitude: -114.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 504 2 900 977 SFC 881 1159 21.3 12.9 59 8.3 15.8 159 5 305.2 307.2 293.6 337.3 10.69 4 850 1471 18.3 9.4 56 8.9 12.8 165 7 305.3 307.0 292.2 331.7 8.76 5 800 1986 13.4 8.2 71 5.2 10.2 166 8 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.1 8.56 6 750 2525 8.2 6.5 89 1.7 7.2 169 8 305.5 307.0 291.7 330.0 8.13 7 700 3091 4.2 1.3 81 3.0 2.7 226 11 307.2 308.3 290.4 325.5 5.99 8 650 3690 0.3 -2.5 81 2.8 -1.1 262 13 309.3 310.2 290.1 324.5 4.89 9 600 4327 -3.8 -7.6 75 3.8 -5.4 266 17 311.7 312.4 289.7 323.1 3.59 10 550 5009 -8.3 -14.9 59 6.6 -10.6 247 18 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.5 2.19 11 500 5740 -13.6 -22.9 45 9.4 -16.0 229 20 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.6 1.21 12 450 6533 -18.7 -31.0 33 12.4 -21.1 223 19 319.8 319.9 289.3 322.0 0.64 13 400 7399 -25.2 -42.0 19 16.9 -27.2 222 22 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.2 0.24 14 350 8353 -33.3 -38.9 57 5.7 -33.9 222 26 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.38 15 300 9420 -40.8 -44.2 70 3.3 -41.1 213 37 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.25 16 250 10629 -52.4 -56.1 64 3.7 -52.5 208 47 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 17 200 12059 -50.2 -74.4 4 24.2 -50.7 216 32 353.3 353.3 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 13955 -47.3 -77.6 2 30.3 -48.1 206 35 388.5 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.01 19 100 16598 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 190 20 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.60 m Freezing level: 646.26 mb = 3737.57 m = 12262.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.58 mb = 3510.52 m = 11517.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.56 % Est. max temperature: 22.07 C = 71.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.29 mb = 2205.17 m = 7234.71 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 16.67 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.73 mb = 2582.83 m = 8473.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.96 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 810.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.83 mb = 2548.77 m = 8362.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.83 mb = 2714.92 m = 8907.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.83 mb = 11085.16 m = 36368.21 ft B at Equ Level: 776.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.83 mb = 12650.40 m = 41503.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 33.94 Bulk Shear: 23.87 m/s