MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 107 1 950 550 2 900 1008 SFC 886 1144 12.3 12.1 98 0.2 12.2 126 2 295.6 297.4 290.2 324.6 10.07 4 850 1489 12.6 9.9 84 2.7 10.9 83 6 299.3 301.0 290.5 325.8 9.03 5 800 1998 11.3 9.7 90 1.5 10.3 195 9 303.1 304.9 292.1 331.4 9.50 6 750 2535 8.0 4.9 81 3.1 6.2 223 11 305.2 306.6 290.9 327.2 7.26 7 700 3100 4.1 0.5 77 3.6 2.2 275 11 307.0 308.1 290.1 324.4 5.67 8 650 3698 -0.5 -4.4 75 3.9 -2.3 292 12 308.4 309.2 289.3 321.7 4.26 9 600 4333 -4.6 -8.8 73 4.2 -6.4 285 12 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.2 3.28 10 550 5013 -8.7 -13.4 69 4.7 -10.4 262 13 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.8 2.47 11 500 5745 -13.3 -20.2 56 6.9 -15.3 241 15 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.9 1.53 12 450 6538 -18.8 -28.1 43 9.4 -20.8 223 18 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.6 0.84 13 400 7403 -25.6 -31.2 60 5.6 -26.6 207 20 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.2 0.70 14 350 8355 -33.5 -38.3 62 4.8 -34.0 193 26 323.6 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.40 15 300 9418 -42.3 -46.9 60 4.6 -42.6 197 27 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.19 16 250 10624 -51.3 -61.2 30 9.9 -51.6 219 52 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.04 17 200 12061 -51.8 -76.4 4 24.6 -52.2 215 29 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13948 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 205 19 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16587 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.4 178 16 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.59 m Freezing level: 655.40 mb = 3633.77 m = 11921.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.44 mb = 3388.66 m = 11117.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.35 % Est. max temperature: 22.16 C = 71.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.42 mb = 1174.22 m = 3852.38 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 10.22 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.33 mb = 2410.02 m = 7906.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.20 C = 70.16 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.24 mb = 1880.82 m = 6170.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.24 mb = 3379.10 m = 11086.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.24 mb = 9963.42 m = 32687.98 ft B at Equ Level: 273.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.24 mb = 11558.28 m = 37920.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.6 neg: -7.3 tot: 64.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.55 Bulk Shear: 36.75 m/s