MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 85 1 950 529 2 900 995 SFC 890 1094 16.1 14.6 91 1.4 15.1 24 7 299.1 301.2 292.7 333.7 11.86 4 850 1482 14.5 10.7 78 3.9 12.1 30 19 301.4 303.1 291.6 329.6 9.53 5 800 1992 11.8 8.2 79 3.6 9.6 57 9 303.7 305.3 291.5 329.3 8.57 6 750 2529 7.9 5.8 86 2.2 6.7 149 6 305.2 306.6 291.3 328.4 7.71 7 700 3095 4.0 2.0 87 2.0 2.9 195 9 306.9 308.1 290.6 326.2 6.32 8 650 3693 -0.2 -1.7 90 1.5 -0.9 222 10 308.8 309.7 290.2 324.9 5.21 9 600 4330 -4.3 -4.8 97 0.5 -4.6 239 10 311.1 312.0 290.3 325.2 4.47 10 550 5011 -8.3 -8.6 98 0.3 -8.5 251 14 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.8 3.63 11 500 5743 -13.1 -14.8 87 1.7 -13.7 244 15 317.1 317.5 290.3 325.1 2.43 12 450 6538 -18.4 -25.4 54 7.0 -20.0 218 15 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.9 1.08 13 400 7406 -24.4 -28.8 67 4.3 -25.3 193 20 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.4 0.89 14 350 8362 -32.7 -37.1 65 4.4 -33.2 186 28 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.4 0.45 15 300 9427 -41.6 -46.3 60 4.8 -41.9 197 42 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.20 16 250 10635 -51.5 -55.6 61 4.1 -51.7 197 55 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.08 17 200 12067 -52.4 -70.7 9 18.3 -52.8 207 31 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13948 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 201 27 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.01 19 100 16590 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 203 15 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.19 m Freezing level: 652.14 mb = 3667.80 m = 12033.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.96 mb = 3546.25 m = 11634.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.74 % Est. max temperature: 22.33 C = 72.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.80 mb = 1275.86 m = 4185.85 ft T: 15.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.09 mb = 2341.76 m = 7682.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.50 C = 70.70 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.87 mb = 2003.74 m = 6573.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.87 mb = 2934.06 m = 9626.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.87 mb = 10794.54 m = 35414.73 ft B at Equ Level: 466.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.87 mb = 12270.37 m = 40256.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.0 neg: -13.2 tot: 104.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 5.45 Bulk Shear: 88.21 m/s