MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.12,-114.02 Latitude: 51.12 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 516 2 900 987 SFC 889 1094 20.0 15.7 76 4.3 17.1 12 7 303.2 305.5 294.6 341.0 12.74 4 850 1479 17.3 11.2 67 6.1 13.4 22 10 304.3 306.1 292.7 333.9 9.90 5 800 1993 12.8 9.2 79 3.6 10.6 42 5 304.8 306.5 292.3 332.3 9.17 6 750 2532 8.0 7.1 94 0.9 7.5 87 4 305.3 306.9 291.9 330.8 8.48 7 700 3097 3.6 2.6 93 1.0 3.1 183 8 306.5 307.8 290.7 326.7 6.62 8 650 3695 -0.1 -2.4 84 2.4 -1.2 232 14 308.9 309.8 290.0 324.1 4.92 9 600 4332 -3.9 -5.8 86 1.9 -4.7 245 16 311.7 312.4 290.2 324.7 4.14 10 550 5014 -8.1 -9.5 90 1.4 -8.7 242 18 314.5 315.2 290.4 325.5 3.39 11 500 5748 -12.6 -14.1 88 1.6 -13.1 234 19 317.7 318.2 290.6 326.2 2.56 12 450 6544 -18.2 -25.9 51 7.7 -20.0 223 19 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.0 1.03 13 400 7410 -25.5 -33.3 48 7.8 -26.8 217 18 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.9 0.58 14 350 8365 -32.4 -37.8 58 5.5 -33.0 223 19 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.7 0.42 15 300 9430 -42.0 -47.0 58 5.0 -42.3 224 27 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.18 16 250 10635 -52.0 -56.2 61 4.2 -52.1 220 39 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.08 17 200 12070 -51.8 -71.8 7 20.1 -52.2 216 30 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13949 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 198 25 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 19 100 16590 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.5 200 17 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.41 m Freezing level: 651.07 mb = 3682.74 m = 12082.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.15 mb = 3521.60 m = 11553.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.47 % Est. max temperature: 22.29 C = 72.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.75 mb = 1632.70 m = 5356.57 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.07 mb = 2289.75 m = 7512.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.82 C = 71.28 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 40.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1208.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.89 mb = 2195.06 m = 7201.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.89 mb = 2356.83 m = 7732.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.89 mb = 11008.97 m = 36118.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1206.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.89 mb = 13291.80 m = 43607.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 97.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 20.24 Bulk Shear: 59.71 m/s