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: 51.53,-114.25 Latitude: 51.53 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 58 1 950 505 2 900 977 SFC 885 1118 19.7 16.0 79 3.8 17.2 132 2 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.8 12.98 4 850 1471 18.0 9.7 58 8.3 12.9 159 6 305.0 306.7 292.2 331.9 8.95 5 800 1985 13.0 8.6 75 4.4 10.3 164 6 305.0 306.6 292.1 331.4 8.80 6 750 2523 7.8 7.2 96 0.6 7.4 169 7 305.0 306.6 291.9 330.6 8.52 7 700 3088 3.2 2.7 96 0.6 2.9 210 12 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.2 6.63 8 650 3687 0.2 -2.1 84 2.3 -0.9 259 17 309.2 310.2 290.2 324.9 5.05 9 600 4324 -3.7 -7.3 76 3.5 -5.3 261 19 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.6 3.70 10 550 5005 -8.6 -17.7 48 9.1 -11.6 246 20 313.8 314.2 288.6 319.5 1.72 11 500 5736 -13.7 -24.4 40 10.6 -16.4 230 23 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.9 1.06 12 450 6528 -18.4 -36.4 19 18.0 -21.4 226 23 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.38 13 400 7394 -25.6 -47.3 11 21.8 -27.8 223 26 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.13 14 350 8346 -33.4 -51.2 15 17.9 -34.6 223 30 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.10 15 300 9409 -41.3 -46.3 58 5.1 -41.6 225 43 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.20 16 250 10620 -52.2 -55.6 67 3.4 -52.2 212 51 328.5 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 17 200 12053 -49.6 -74.2 4 24.6 -50.1 218 33 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13953 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 207 35 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.01 19 100 16597 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 193 21 422.9 422.9 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.60 m Freezing level: 647.31 mb = 3720.84 m = 12207.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.87 mb = 3540.50 m = 11615.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.93 % Est. max temperature: 21.73 C = 71.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.54 mb = 1595.92 m = 5235.88 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 22.21 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.40 mb = 2386.68 m = 7830.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.45 C = 70.60 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 40.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1067.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.92 mb = 2348.25 m = 7704.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.92 mb = 2513.18 m = 8245.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.92 mb = 11129.82 m = 36514.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1030.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.92 mb = 13090.53 m = 42947.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 32.26 Bulk Shear: 33.07 m/s