MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 50.81,-114.77 Latitude: 50.81 Longitude: -114.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 518 2 900 988 3 850 1479 SFC 820 1780 15.2 11.3 78 3.9 12.7 143 4 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.2 10.34 5 800 1994 13.1 9.4 78 3.8 10.8 147 6 305.2 306.9 292.5 333.0 9.27 6 750 2533 8.6 6.8 88 1.8 7.6 150 6 305.9 307.5 292.0 331.0 8.31 7 700 3099 4.1 3.5 96 0.5 3.8 168 5 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.5 7.07 8 650 3698 -0.2 -1.3 93 1.0 -0.7 207 5 308.7 309.7 290.4 325.4 5.38 9 600 4335 -4.3 -4.8 96 0.5 -4.5 234 6 311.2 312.0 290.3 325.3 4.47 10 550 5016 -8.3 -8.7 97 0.3 -8.5 247 10 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.8 3.61 11 500 5749 -13.1 -13.6 96 0.5 -13.3 248 13 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.9 2.68 12 450 6543 -18.7 -19.5 93 0.9 -18.9 245 16 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.9 1.81 13 400 7410 -25.6 -26.4 93 0.8 -25.8 238 20 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.5 1.11 14 350 8361 -33.7 -39.2 57 5.5 -34.3 237 26 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.36 15 300 9420 -42.8 -51.0 41 8.1 -43.2 234 32 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.12 16 250 10626 -51.3 -57.0 50 5.7 -51.5 230 43 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.07 17 200 12065 -50.8 -71.9 6 21.1 -51.2 214 27 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 13963 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 188 25 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16603 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 173 15 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.77 m Freezing level: 652.41 mb = 3669.23 m = 12038.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.22 mb = 3596.49 m = 11799.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.64 % Est. max temperature: 17.91 C = 64.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.14 mb = 2268.06 m = 7441.04 ft T: 10.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.08 mb = 2708.89 m = 8887.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.27 C = 61.29 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 880.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.17 mb = 2641.06 m = 8664.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.17 mb = 2809.25 m = 9216.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.17 mb = 10751.95 m = 35274.99 ft B at Equ Level: 877.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.17 mb = 12573.42 m = 41250.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 50.38 Bulk Shear: 17.47 m/s