MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.59,-114.31 Latitude: 50.59 Longitude: -114.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 518 2 900 990 SFC 865 1330 16.4 15.0 92 1.4 15.5 29 4 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.8 12.53 4 850 1482 18.0 11.0 64 7.0 13.5 53 8 305.0 306.8 292.8 334.1 9.71 5 800 1998 13.9 7.7 66 6.1 10.2 100 4 305.9 307.5 292.0 330.9 8.29 6 750 2538 9.1 5.7 79 3.5 7.1 166 3 306.5 307.9 291.6 329.7 7.66 7 700 3105 4.6 2.4 86 2.2 3.4 245 7 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.5 6.50 8 650 3705 0.3 -3.1 78 3.4 -1.3 269 12 309.3 310.2 289.9 323.9 4.69 9 600 4341 -4.1 -7.6 77 3.5 -5.6 250 16 311.3 312.0 289.6 322.8 3.60 10 550 5021 -8.8 -12.2 76 3.4 -10.1 247 18 313.7 314.2 289.5 322.5 2.73 11 500 5753 -13.3 -21.4 50 8.1 -15.6 243 17 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.5 1.38 12 450 6546 -18.7 -29.2 39 10.5 -20.9 216 14 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.4 0.75 13 400 7412 -25.2 -34.0 44 8.8 -26.6 195 13 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.54 14 350 8366 -32.8 -41.3 42 8.5 -33.7 195 17 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.29 15 300 9431 -41.8 -47.8 52 6.0 -42.2 207 31 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 16 250 10640 -51.2 -57.6 47 6.4 -51.4 211 62 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 17 200 12074 -53.0 -73.2 7 20.2 -53.4 209 33 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13953 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 210 21 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16594 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 191 11 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.92 m Freezing level: 646.92 mb = 3743.79 m = 12282.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.16 mb = 3530.21 m = 11581.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.10 % Est. max temperature: 21.62 C = 70.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.78 mb = 1504.37 m = 4935.53 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 17.30 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.62 mb = 2730.51 m = 8958.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.25 C = 70.25 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 840.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.80 mb = 2561.75 m = 8404.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.80 mb = 2956.02 m = 9698.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.80 mb = 10827.70 m = 35523.53 ft B at Equ Level: 836.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.80 mb = 13028.32 m = 42743.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 18.26 Bulk Shear: 46.01 m/s