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: 51.59,-114.22 Latitude: 51.59 Longitude: -114.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 505 2 900 978 SFC 889 1083 19.7 16.2 80 3.5 17.3 119 2 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.7 13.14 4 850 1471 17.9 9.9 60 8.0 12.9 155 5 304.9 306.5 292.3 332.0 9.04 5 800 1985 12.8 8.8 76 4.0 10.4 160 6 304.8 306.5 292.2 331.6 8.93 6 750 2523 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.4 167 7 304.9 306.4 291.9 330.5 8.55 7 700 3088 3.3 2.7 96 0.6 2.9 211 12 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.3 6.64 8 650 3686 0.2 -2.2 84 2.4 -1.0 258 16 309.2 310.1 290.2 324.8 5.02 9 600 4324 -3.7 -7.1 77 3.4 -5.2 262 20 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.7 3.74 10 550 5005 -8.6 -17.4 49 8.8 -11.4 249 21 313.9 314.3 288.7 319.8 1.78 11 500 5736 -13.8 -25.1 38 11.3 -16.6 232 23 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.6 1.00 12 450 6528 -18.5 -36.0 20 17.5 -21.5 226 23 320.0 320.0 289.2 321.4 0.39 13 400 7393 -25.6 -46.1 13 20.5 -27.8 223 26 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.15 14 350 8345 -33.4 -51.7 14 18.2 -34.7 221 30 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.09 15 300 9408 -41.3 -46.8 55 5.5 -41.6 226 44 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.19 16 250 10620 -52.2 -55.5 67 3.4 -52.2 212 52 328.5 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 17 200 12052 -49.5 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 218 33 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13953 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 208 35 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.01 19 100 16597 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 193 21 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.81 m Freezing level: 647.41 mb = 3719.18 m = 12201.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.43 mb = 3533.13 m = 11591.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.45 % Est. max temperature: 21.89 C = 71.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.77 mb = 1523.17 m = 4997.22 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 22.11 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.68 mb = 2329.10 m = 7641.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.94 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 40.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1133.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.10 mb = 2281.24 m = 7484.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.10 mb = 2444.77 m = 8020.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.10 mb = 10959.83 m = 35957.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1122.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.10 mb = 13240.22 m = 43438.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 32.85 Bulk Shear: 34.50 m/s