MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 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 95 1 950 531 2 900 996 SFC 884 1144 16.0 12.8 81 3.3 14.0 284 3 299.5 301.4 291.8 330.4 10.54 4 850 1481 14.5 10.1 75 4.4 11.8 314 7 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.4 9.17 5 800 1992 12.3 6.9 70 5.4 9.2 310 9 304.3 305.7 291.1 327.9 7.85 6 750 2531 8.9 4.3 73 4.6 6.3 308 10 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.5 6.97 7 700 3098 4.5 0.1 73 4.3 2.2 311 12 307.4 308.5 290.1 324.4 5.52 8 650 3696 -0.7 -3.2 83 2.5 -1.9 311 12 308.2 309.1 289.5 322.6 4.65 9 600 4330 -5.4 -6.3 93 1.0 -5.8 280 9 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.3 3.96 10 550 5008 -9.2 -15.9 58 6.7 -11.4 254 12 313.2 313.6 288.7 319.8 2.01 11 500 5739 -13.3 -24.5 39 11.1 -16.2 249 12 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.4 1.05 12 450 6531 -19.4 -22.7 75 3.2 -20.3 232 8 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.5 1.37 13 400 7395 -25.9 -28.5 79 2.6 -26.4 201 7 321.3 321.5 290.1 324.5 0.91 14 350 8347 -32.9 -40.9 45 8.0 -33.8 189 13 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.5 0.30 15 300 9412 -41.7 -46.8 58 5.1 -42.1 195 21 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.19 16 250 10620 -51.4 -57.1 50 5.8 -51.5 177 24 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 17 200 12060 -47.7 -77.0 2 29.4 -48.3 164 26 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 18 150 13966 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 191 23 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 19 100 16596 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 183 14 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.08 m Freezing level: 656.72 mb = 3615.59 m = 11862.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.14 mb = 3413.52 m = 11199.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.17 % Est. max temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.59 mb = 1555.00 m = 5101.64 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.64 mb = 2734.21 m = 8970.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.96 C = 73.33 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 384.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.37 mb = 2220.86 m = 7286.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.37 mb = 3410.77 m = 11190.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.37 mb = 9790.31 m = 32120.05 ft B at Equ Level: 384.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.37 mb = 11642.71 m = 38197.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -5.9 tot: -5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 88.23 Bulk Shear: 4.36 m/s