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: 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 67 1 950 512 2 900 985 SFC 884 1145 22.8 13.2 54 9.7 16.4 109 3 306.6 308.7 294.1 339.2 10.82 4 850 1479 18.2 10.8 62 7.3 13.5 113 3 305.2 307.0 292.8 334.1 9.64 5 800 1994 13.0 9.8 81 3.2 11.0 118 3 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.7 9.57 6 750 2532 8.4 5.3 81 3.0 6.6 246 1 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.3 7.49 7 700 3099 4.1 -0.1 74 4.3 2.0 244 3 307.1 308.1 289.9 323.7 5.42 8 650 3696 -0.8 -3.5 82 2.7 -2.0 243 7 308.1 308.9 289.4 322.2 4.56 9 600 4331 -4.9 -7.3 83 2.4 -5.9 248 13 310.5 311.2 289.4 322.1 3.69 10 550 5009 -9.2 -12.4 77 3.3 -10.4 256 13 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.9 2.67 11 500 5740 -13.8 -19.0 64 5.3 -15.3 245 11 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.9 1.70 12 450 6531 -19.7 -22.5 78 2.8 -20.4 234 14 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.3 1.40 13 400 7394 -26.2 -30.7 66 4.5 -27.0 232 17 320.9 321.1 289.8 323.6 0.74 14 350 8344 -33.9 -38.6 62 4.7 -34.4 232 21 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.5 0.39 15 300 9404 -43.1 -48.1 58 5.0 -43.4 233 25 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.16 16 250 10607 -51.0 -60.3 32 9.3 -51.2 227 33 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 17 200 12057 -49.5 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 206 24 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 13960 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.3 184 25 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.01 19 100 16602 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 177 15 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.40 m Freezing level: 657.89 mb = 3602.02 m = 11817.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.49 mb = 3386.10 m = 11109.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.00 % Est. max temperature: 22.32 C = 72.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.22 mb = 2353.94 m = 7722.80 ft T: 9.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 17.38 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2420.18 m = 7940.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.75 C = 71.15 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1448.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.91 mb = 2400.96 m = 7877.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.91 mb = 2455.89 m = 8057.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.91 mb = 10956.26 m = 35945.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1433.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.91 mb = 13253.52 m = 43482.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 94.75 Bulk Shear: 15.28 m/s