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: 51.56,-114.28 Latitude: 51.56 Longitude: -114.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 886 1114 19.5 16.1 80 3.5 17.2 124 2 303.0 305.4 294.7 341.7 13.06 4 850 1471 17.9 9.7 58 8.3 12.8 157 6 304.9 306.6 292.2 331.7 8.91 5 800 1985 12.9 8.6 75 4.3 10.3 162 6 304.9 306.6 292.0 331.3 8.78 6 750 2523 7.7 7.2 96 0.5 7.4 167 7 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.5 8.52 7 700 3088 3.3 2.7 96 0.6 2.9 209 12 306.1 307.4 290.6 326.3 6.64 8 650 3686 0.2 -2.0 85 2.2 -0.9 258 17 309.2 310.1 290.2 324.9 5.07 9 600 4324 -3.7 -7.1 77 3.4 -5.2 261 19 311.8 312.5 289.9 323.7 3.74 10 550 5005 -8.6 -17.4 49 8.8 -11.5 247 20 313.9 314.2 288.6 319.7 1.77 11 500 5735 -13.8 -24.3 41 10.5 -16.4 230 22 316.2 316.4 288.7 319.9 1.07 12 450 6528 -18.5 -36.5 19 18.0 -21.5 226 23 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.37 13 400 7393 -25.6 -46.2 13 20.6 -27.8 223 26 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.2 0.15 14 350 8345 -33.5 -51.5 15 18.0 -34.7 223 30 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.10 15 300 9408 -41.2 -46.7 56 5.5 -41.6 227 44 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.19 16 250 10619 -52.2 -55.6 66 3.4 -52.2 212 51 328.5 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 17 200 12052 -49.6 -74.6 4 25.0 -50.1 219 33 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 13953 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 207 34 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.01 19 100 16596 -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: 5677.04 m Freezing level: 647.41 mb = 3719.30 m = 12202.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.87 mb = 3540.19 m = 11614.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.43 % Est. max temperature: 21.73 C = 71.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.59 mb = 1554.96 m = 5101.51 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 21.99 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.28 mb = 2376.89 m = 7798.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.42 C = 70.55 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 40.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1057.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.18 mb = 2334.39 m = 7658.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.18 mb = 2499.01 m = 8198.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.18 mb = 11094.03 m = 36397.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1024.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.18 mb = 13041.56 m = 42786.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 31.70 Bulk Shear: 33.35 m/s