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: 51.48,-114.31 Latitude: 51.48 Longitude: -114.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 520 2 900 992 SFC 882 1163 19.6 16.2 81 3.4 17.3 45 7 303.4 305.9 295.0 342.8 13.26 4 850 1484 17.7 9.4 58 8.4 12.6 57 8 304.7 306.3 292.0 330.9 8.73 5 800 1999 13.1 7.5 69 5.6 9.7 93 5 305.1 306.6 291.6 329.7 8.17 6 750 2537 7.9 6.3 90 1.6 6.9 115 5 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.2 8.00 7 700 3101 3.1 2.3 94 0.8 2.7 190 11 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.7 6.49 8 650 3699 0.0 -3.1 80 3.1 -1.5 242 13 309.0 309.9 289.8 323.5 4.69 9 600 4336 -3.8 -6.7 80 2.9 -5.1 256 14 311.7 312.5 290.0 324.0 3.86 10 550 5018 -8.1 -10.7 82 2.6 -9.1 254 15 314.5 315.1 290.1 324.4 3.08 11 500 5752 -13.0 -15.5 82 2.5 -13.8 241 15 317.2 317.7 290.2 324.8 2.29 12 450 6545 -18.7 -20.6 85 1.8 -19.3 237 17 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.3 1.65 13 400 7411 -25.4 -32.2 53 6.8 -26.6 228 22 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.64 14 350 8363 -33.5 -42.4 40 8.9 -34.3 230 27 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.26 15 300 9426 -41.9 -46.3 62 4.4 -42.2 223 38 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 16 250 10633 -51.8 -56.0 61 4.2 -52.0 219 49 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 17 200 12070 -51.0 -73.0 6 22.0 -51.4 214 27 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 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 16594 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 191 19 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.74 m Freezing level: 649.93 mb = 3700.20 m = 12139.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.82 mb = 3481.10 m = 11420.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.53 C = 70.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.39 mb = 1590.79 m = 5219.06 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.30 mb = 2489.16 m = 8166.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.25 C = 70.25 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 39.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 874.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.06 mb = 2436.67 m = 7994.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.06 mb = 2601.86 m = 8536.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.06 mb = 11057.32 m = 36276.86 ft B at Equ Level: 843.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.06 mb = 12614.45 m = 41385.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 266.0 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): 158.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 16.20 Bulk Shear: 53.97 m/s