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: 51.25,-113.98 Latitude: 51.25 Longitude: -113.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 524 2 900 993 SFC 890 1093 17.4 15.9 91 1.6 16.4 21 5 300.5 302.8 293.9 338.2 12.85 4 850 1483 16.3 11.3 72 5.0 13.1 45 9 303.2 305.0 292.4 332.7 9.93 5 800 1996 12.8 8.0 72 4.8 9.9 146 6 304.8 306.4 291.7 330.2 8.45 6 750 2534 7.6 6.2 91 1.4 6.8 152 6 304.9 306.4 291.4 328.9 7.98 7 700 3099 3.8 1.5 85 2.3 2.5 230 11 306.7 307.8 290.3 325.2 6.08 8 650 3698 0.1 -2.7 82 2.8 -1.2 271 16 309.1 310.0 290.0 324.1 4.84 9 600 4335 -3.8 -6.5 82 2.7 -5.0 271 16 311.7 312.5 290.0 324.2 3.93 10 550 5016 -8.0 -10.2 84 2.2 -8.9 253 18 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.8 3.19 11 500 5750 -12.8 -15.1 83 2.3 -13.6 243 19 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.2 2.36 12 450 6545 -18.6 -23.3 67 4.7 -19.8 229 18 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.3 1.30 13 400 7412 -24.9 -34.4 41 9.6 -26.4 209 18 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.5 0.52 14 350 8368 -32.1 -43.5 31 11.4 -33.3 185 24 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.23 15 300 9437 -40.9 -47.2 51 6.3 -41.3 187 31 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.18 16 250 10646 -51.9 -55.8 62 4.0 -52.0 201 41 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 17 200 12073 -54.1 -70.7 11 16.6 -54.4 209 37 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13953 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.7 207 18 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.4 0.01 19 100 16594 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -54.1 182 13 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.95 m Freezing level: 648.44 mb = 3717.37 m = 12195.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.14 mb = 3499.43 m = 11480.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.04 % Est. max temperature: 22.05 C = 71.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.61 mb = 1287.48 m = 4223.97 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.70 mb = 2307.26 m = 7569.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.69 C = 71.04 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 38.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 858.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.40 mb = 2118.12 m = 6949.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.40 mb = 2496.51 m = 8190.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.40 mb = 11085.79 m = 36370.25 ft B at Equ Level: 842.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.40 mb = 13006.09 m = 42670.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 14.76 Bulk Shear: 58.17 m/s