MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.42,-114.22 Latitude: 51.42 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 72 1 950 519 2 900 991 SFC 883 1157 19.9 16.3 79 3.7 17.4 43 6 303.7 306.2 295.1 343.2 13.29 4 850 1484 18.0 9.4 57 8.6 12.7 57 8 305.0 306.6 292.1 331.3 8.76 5 800 1999 13.3 7.6 68 5.7 9.9 97 4 305.3 306.9 291.7 330.1 8.22 6 750 2537 8.0 6.4 89 1.7 7.1 115 4 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.5 8.04 7 700 3102 3.2 2.4 95 0.8 2.8 190 11 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.8 6.51 8 650 3700 -0.0 -3.1 80 3.0 -1.5 242 13 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.70 9 600 4337 -3.8 -6.8 80 3.0 -5.1 254 15 311.7 312.4 289.9 323.8 3.82 10 550 5019 -8.1 -10.9 80 2.8 -9.2 252 15 314.5 315.1 290.0 324.3 3.02 11 500 5752 -13.0 -15.6 81 2.6 -13.9 241 15 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.7 2.26 12 450 6546 -18.7 -20.7 84 2.1 -19.2 238 17 319.8 320.1 290.4 325.3 1.63 13 400 7413 -25.1 -33.2 47 8.1 -26.5 227 21 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.4 0.58 14 350 8365 -33.5 -41.9 43 8.4 -34.3 228 28 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.28 15 300 9428 -41.7 -45.8 65 4.0 -42.0 220 38 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.21 16 250 10636 -51.8 -55.9 62 4.0 -52.0 218 48 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 17 200 12071 -51.3 -72.9 6 21.6 -51.7 213 27 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13958 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 203 22 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.01 19 100 16595 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 191 19 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.80 m Freezing level: 650.37 mb = 3695.80 m = 12125.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.58 mb = 3484.87 m = 11433.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.62 % Est. max temperature: 21.71 C = 71.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.40 mb = 1620.86 m = 5317.73 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 19.66 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.42 mb = 2499.36 m = 8199.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.49 C = 70.68 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 930.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.49 mb = 2454.35 m = 8052.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.49 mb = 2619.67 m = 8594.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.49 mb = 11102.71 m = 36425.77 ft B at Equ Level: 898.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.49 mb = 13041.40 m = 42786.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 18.81 Bulk Shear: 49.44 m/s