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: 51.45,-114.05 Latitude: 51.45 Longitude: -114.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 520 2 900 992 SFC 891 1082 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.7 37 7 303.5 306.0 295.0 342.8 13.22 4 850 1485 17.8 9.5 58 8.3 12.6 49 7 304.8 306.4 292.0 331.2 8.78 5 800 1999 13.0 7.8 71 5.2 9.9 80 4 305.0 306.5 291.7 330.1 8.34 6 750 2537 7.8 6.7 92 1.2 7.2 103 3 305.1 306.6 291.7 329.8 8.22 7 700 3102 3.3 2.0 91 1.3 2.6 195 12 306.1 307.3 290.4 325.4 6.32 8 650 3700 0.1 -3.2 78 3.3 -1.5 245 13 309.0 309.9 289.8 323.5 4.64 9 600 4337 -3.9 -6.7 81 2.8 -5.1 254 15 311.6 312.4 289.9 323.9 3.87 10 550 5019 -8.1 -10.3 84 2.3 -9.0 253 15 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.7 3.16 11 500 5753 -12.9 -15.5 81 2.6 -13.8 243 15 317.3 317.7 290.2 324.9 2.29 12 450 6546 -18.7 -20.9 83 2.2 -19.3 241 16 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.1 1.60 13 400 7413 -25.0 -29.7 65 4.7 -25.8 232 20 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.81 14 350 8366 -33.4 -39.1 57 5.7 -34.0 227 27 323.8 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.37 15 300 9430 -41.8 -45.5 67 3.8 -42.0 219 37 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.3 0.22 16 250 10638 -51.8 -55.8 62 4.0 -51.9 218 49 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.08 17 200 12073 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.6 213 26 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13959 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 202 22 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16596 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 191 19 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.30 m Freezing level: 649.06 mb = 3712.18 m = 12178.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.33 mb = 3475.74 m = 11403.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.22 % Est. max temperature: 22.18 C = 71.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.74 mb = 1608.25 m = 5276.36 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 19.26 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.74 mb = 2418.90 m = 7935.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.98 C = 71.57 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 38.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 980.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.70 mb = 2364.79 m = 7758.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.70 mb = 2529.72 m = 8299.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.70 mb = 10881.45 m = 35699.87 ft B at Equ Level: 977.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.70 mb = 13111.62 m = 43016.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.4 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: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 22.13 Bulk Shear: 44.28 m/s