MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.48,-114.84 Latitude: 51.48 Longitude: -114.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 518 2 900 988 SFC 857 1407 17.8 13.6 76 4.2 15.0 33 1 304.0 306.2 293.9 338.2 11.48 4 850 1479 17.0 11.9 72 5.1 13.7 133 1 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.9 10.38 5 800 1993 12.8 8.6 76 4.2 10.3 163 6 304.8 306.5 292.0 331.3 8.82 6 750 2531 8.0 6.4 90 1.6 7.1 168 9 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.6 8.06 7 700 3096 3.4 2.3 93 1.1 2.8 187 11 306.3 307.5 290.6 326.0 6.49 8 650 3694 -0.5 -1.7 92 1.2 -1.1 220 12 308.4 309.4 290.2 324.6 5.22 9 600 4330 -4.1 -5.1 92 1.0 -4.6 245 16 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.1 4.36 10 550 5011 -8.3 -10.1 87 1.7 -9.1 251 21 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.6 3.23 11 500 5744 -12.9 -15.3 83 2.3 -13.7 241 21 317.3 317.7 290.3 325.0 2.34 12 450 6539 -18.3 -25.2 54 7.0 -19.9 234 17 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.1 1.09 13 400 7405 -25.3 -39.1 26 13.8 -27.1 224 14 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.32 14 350 8359 -32.7 -47.4 22 14.7 -33.9 217 12 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.15 15 300 9424 -41.9 -53.1 28 11.3 -42.4 228 15 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.09 16 250 10630 -51.9 -57.4 51 5.6 -52.0 231 26 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.07 17 200 12062 -52.4 -71.7 8 19.3 -52.8 207 25 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13955 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.6 201 23 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.01 19 100 16602 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 181 16 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.98 m Freezing level: 656.07 mb = 3621.18 m = 11880.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.66 mb = 3526.07 m = 11568.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.90 % Est. max temperature: 19.77 C = 67.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.18 mb = 1938.22 m = 6358.91 ft T: 13.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.68 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.61 mb = 2490.98 m = 8172.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.92 C = 66.05 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 40.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.00 mb = 2420.63 m = 7941.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.00 mb = 2585.86 m = 8483.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.00 mb = 11026.82 m = 36176.78 ft B at Equ Level: 820.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.00 mb = 12940.47 m = 42455.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 32.73 Bulk Shear: 25.76 m/s