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,-114.25 Latitude: 51.45 Longitude: -114.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 900 991 SFC 883 1157 19.6 16.6 83 2.9 17.5 43 7 303.3 305.8 295.2 343.7 13.61 4 850 1484 17.8 9.4 58 8.4 12.6 56 8 304.8 306.5 292.0 331.1 8.76 5 800 1999 13.2 7.6 69 5.6 9.8 95 5 305.2 306.8 291.7 329.9 8.20 6 750 2537 7.9 6.3 90 1.6 7.0 113 4 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.4 8.03 7 700 3102 3.1 2.4 95 0.7 2.7 189 11 305.9 307.1 290.5 325.8 6.53 8 650 3700 -0.0 -3.1 80 3.0 -1.5 242 13 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.69 9 600 4337 -3.8 -6.8 80 3.0 -5.1 255 15 311.7 312.4 289.9 323.8 3.83 10 550 5018 -8.1 -10.8 80 2.8 -9.2 254 15 314.5 315.1 290.0 324.3 3.04 11 500 5752 -13.0 -15.5 81 2.5 -13.8 241 15 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.8 2.29 12 450 6546 -18.7 -20.2 88 1.5 -19.1 238 17 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.5 1.71 13 400 7412 -25.2 -32.7 50 7.5 -26.5 227 22 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.4 0.61 14 350 8364 -33.5 -42.7 39 9.2 -34.4 228 28 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.25 15 300 9427 -41.8 -45.8 65 4.1 -42.1 221 38 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 16 250 10635 -51.8 -55.9 62 4.0 -52.0 218 49 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 17 200 12070 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.5 213 27 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13957 -47.6 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.4 203 22 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 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: 5678.67 m Freezing level: 650.37 mb = 3695.31 m = 12123.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.82 mb = 3481.54 m = 11422.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.15 % Est. max temperature: 21.61 C = 70.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.72 mb = 1526.93 m = 5009.54 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.37 mb = 2477.63 m = 8128.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.37 C = 70.46 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 39.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 929.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.10 mb = 2425.56 m = 7957.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.10 mb = 2590.79 m = 8499.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.10 mb = 11030.02 m = 36187.29 ft B at Equ Level: 905.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.10 mb = 12942.51 m = 42461.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 17.77 Bulk Shear: 52.31 m/s