MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.79,-114.64 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -114.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 536 2 900 997 SFC 885 1143 12.1 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 263 3 295.5 297.2 289.5 322.6 9.39 4 850 1480 13.3 11.0 86 2.4 11.9 338 10 300.1 301.9 291.3 328.7 9.73 5 800 1990 11.8 7.5 75 4.3 9.2 329 11 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.0 8.13 6 750 2527 8.6 4.4 75 4.2 6.2 301 12 305.9 307.3 290.9 327.3 7.03 7 700 3094 4.6 1.7 81 3.0 3.1 299 15 307.6 308.8 290.7 326.6 6.19 8 650 3693 -0.2 -3.0 81 2.8 -1.5 302 16 308.8 309.7 289.8 323.5 4.73 9 600 4330 -4.2 -6.9 82 2.7 -5.4 284 12 311.2 312.0 289.8 323.3 3.81 10 550 5010 -8.1 -13.2 67 5.1 -10.0 261 12 314.4 314.9 289.5 322.6 2.51 11 500 5744 -13.0 -19.4 58 6.4 -14.9 260 10 317.2 317.6 289.6 322.8 1.65 12 450 6537 -18.9 -21.3 81 2.4 -19.6 289 5 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.7 1.55 13 400 7403 -25.1 -28.3 75 3.2 -25.7 244 7 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.7 0.93 14 350 8358 -32.6 -37.3 63 4.7 -33.2 198 9 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.4 0.44 15 300 9424 -41.2 -46.1 59 4.9 -41.6 173 14 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.20 16 250 10635 -50.9 -55.1 61 4.1 -51.1 157 23 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.09 17 200 12078 -49.3 -74.4 4 25.1 -49.8 171 28 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13977 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 192 19 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.01 19 100 16606 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 186 16 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.18 m Freezing level: 651.61 mb = 3674.10 m = 12053.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.45 mb = 3491.34 m = 11454.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 22.74 C = 72.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.30 mb = 1280.33 m = 4200.49 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 6.14 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.18 mb = 2657.68 m = 8719.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.72 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.23 mb = 2018.58 m = 6622.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.23 mb = 3665.70 m = 12026.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.23 mb = 8513.27 m = 27930.35 ft B at Equ Level: 125.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.23 mb = 10839.27 m = 35561.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.6 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 320.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -14.5 tot: -6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.10 Bulk Shear: 6.26 m/s