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: 51.79,-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 80 1 950 528 2 900 995 SFC 885 1144 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.1 310 8 301.0 303.3 293.8 337.8 12.53 4 850 1484 15.3 11.9 80 3.3 13.1 304 9 302.2 304.1 292.5 332.9 10.38 5 800 1996 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 222 3 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.4 9.62 6 750 2532 7.2 6.6 96 0.6 6.9 185 6 304.4 305.9 291.5 329.0 8.20 7 700 3096 3.1 2.1 93 1.0 2.5 174 9 305.9 307.1 290.3 325.3 6.37 8 650 3692 -1.3 -1.7 97 0.4 -1.5 181 10 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.5 5.20 9 600 4326 -4.7 -5.4 95 0.7 -5.0 208 12 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.1 4.26 10 550 5007 -8.4 -9.3 93 1.0 -8.8 235 17 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.1 3.43 11 500 5740 -12.7 -14.1 89 1.4 -13.2 246 22 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.0 2.56 12 450 6536 -18.0 -19.7 86 1.7 -18.5 246 23 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.6 1.78 13 400 7405 -24.3 -26.4 83 2.0 -24.8 242 21 323.3 323.6 290.9 327.2 1.11 14 350 8362 -32.1 -35.1 75 3.0 -32.5 236 18 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.5 0.55 15 300 9429 -41.8 -45.4 68 3.6 -42.0 239 13 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.22 16 250 10634 -52.6 -56.4 63 3.8 -52.7 236 17 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.07 17 200 12061 -51.9 -71.7 8 19.8 -52.3 207 27 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13960 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.6 199 22 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.01 19 100 16606 -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: 5660.73 m Freezing level: 664.60 mb = 3518.08 m = 11542.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.60 mb = 3465.33 m = 11369.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.03 % Est. max temperature: 21.20 C = 70.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.15 mb = 1402.55 m = 4601.47 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.26 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.55 mb = 2104.83 m = 6905.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.21 C = 68.38 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 38.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1047.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.52 mb = 1958.50 m = 6425.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.52 mb = 2329.29 m = 7641.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.52 mb = 11208.59 m = 36773.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1016.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.52 mb = 13191.64 m = 43279.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 43.17 Bulk Shear: 24.26 m/s