MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 83 1 950 525 2 900 994 SFC 884 1144 20.4 13.3 64 7.0 15.7 351 2 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.6 10.95 4 850 1484 15.5 11.2 75 4.3 12.8 338 3 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.6 9.86 5 800 1996 12.3 6.7 69 5.6 9.0 324 6 304.3 305.7 291.0 327.4 7.71 6 750 2534 8.7 3.8 72 4.9 5.9 312 7 306.0 307.2 290.7 326.4 6.72 7 700 3100 4.4 -0.6 70 5.0 1.8 306 8 307.3 308.3 289.8 323.4 5.23 8 650 3698 -0.8 -4.0 79 3.2 -2.3 286 8 308.1 308.9 289.2 321.7 4.37 9 600 4332 -5.7 -7.7 85 2.1 -6.5 252 13 309.5 310.2 289.0 320.8 3.56 10 550 5009 -9.5 -11.1 88 1.6 -10.1 255 14 312.8 313.4 289.5 322.4 2.97 11 500 5739 -13.9 -18.8 67 4.9 -15.4 234 11 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.8 1.73 12 450 6530 -19.7 -28.6 45 9.0 -21.5 206 13 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.3 0.80 13 400 7391 -26.6 -32.4 58 5.8 -27.6 197 15 320.4 320.5 289.6 322.6 0.63 14 350 8340 -33.9 -37.1 73 3.1 -34.3 184 19 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.45 15 300 9401 -42.5 -47.6 58 5.1 -42.8 184 24 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.17 16 250 10605 -51.5 -59.4 38 7.9 -51.7 178 30 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 17 200 12057 -48.2 -77.4 2 29.2 -48.7 195 27 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 13963 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 188 24 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16595 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 187 13 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.98 m Freezing level: 657.68 mb = 3606.27 m = 11831.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.93 mb = 3358.69 m = 11019.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.33 % Est. max temperature: 22.67 C = 72.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.23 mb = 2024.53 m = 6642.08 ft T: 12.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.86 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2619.63 m = 8594.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.48 C = 72.46 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.10 mb = 2302.40 m = 7553.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.10 mb = 3029.05 m = 9937.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.10 mb = 10707.74 m = 35129.95 ft B at Equ Level: 833.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.10 mb = 12534.45 m = 41123.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.3 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 283.3 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -9.7 tot: -9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 60.60 Bulk Shear: 13.92 m/s