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: 51.79,-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 92 1 950 539 2 900 1000 SFC 885 1144 13.5 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 320 5 296.9 298.9 291.2 328.1 10.76 4 850 1482 14.1 10.2 78 3.8 11.7 300 5 300.9 302.6 291.2 328.2 9.25 5 800 1993 11.9 7.4 74 4.5 9.2 210 9 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.1 8.10 6 750 2530 8.0 4.3 77 3.8 5.9 219 10 305.3 306.6 290.6 326.3 6.94 7 700 3096 4.1 0.2 75 4.0 2.1 259 11 307.0 308.1 290.0 324.0 5.53 8 650 3694 -0.1 -3.6 77 3.5 -1.7 283 15 308.9 309.7 289.6 322.9 4.51 9 600 4330 -4.0 -7.7 76 3.6 -5.6 280 17 311.5 312.1 289.6 322.8 3.58 10 550 5011 -8.2 -11.7 76 3.5 -9.5 268 17 314.3 314.9 289.8 323.5 2.84 11 500 5745 -13.2 -16.4 77 3.2 -14.2 248 15 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.0 2.12 12 450 6538 -18.5 -21.1 80 2.5 -19.2 224 14 320.0 320.3 290.4 325.3 1.58 13 400 7405 -25.1 -33.2 47 8.1 -26.5 198 17 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.4 0.58 14 350 8360 -32.4 -42.9 35 10.5 -33.5 182 21 325.0 325.1 290.6 325.9 0.25 15 300 9426 -41.8 -49.8 41 8.0 -42.2 186 25 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.13 16 250 10632 -52.2 -57.0 56 4.8 -52.3 203 40 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 17 200 12060 -53.3 -71.8 9 18.5 -53.6 208 34 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13948 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.7 204 17 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.4 0.01 19 100 16591 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 184 15 424.6 424.6 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.69 m Freezing level: 650.98 mb = 3682.25 m = 12080.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.82 mb = 3415.45 m = 11205.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.91 % Est. max temperature: 22.15 C = 71.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.88 mb = 1200.07 m = 3937.19 ft T: 13.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 5.35 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2542.70 m = 8342.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.69 C = 71.03 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 33.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.98 mb = 2087.21 m = 6847.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.98 mb = 3497.87 m = 11475.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.98 mb = 9977.84 m = 32735.28 ft B at Equ Level: 189.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.98 mb = 11567.94 m = 37952.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -159.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 13.45 Bulk Shear: 14.22 m/s