MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 101 1 950 542 2 900 999 SFC 885 1144 11.9 11.7 98 0.3 11.8 182 3 295.3 297.0 289.8 323.4 9.78 4 850 1479 12.5 10.5 87 2.1 11.3 155 9 299.3 301.0 290.8 326.9 9.40 5 800 1988 10.6 9.2 91 1.4 9.7 217 9 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.7 9.16 6 750 2525 8.9 3.0 66 5.9 5.6 304 8 306.2 307.4 290.4 325.5 6.33 7 700 3092 4.2 0.4 76 3.8 2.2 301 10 307.1 308.1 290.0 324.3 5.62 8 650 3690 -0.1 -8.3 54 8.2 -3.6 300 11 308.9 309.5 288.3 318.8 3.15 9 600 4326 -4.2 -13.2 49 9.0 -7.6 286 10 311.2 311.7 288.3 318.6 2.29 10 550 5005 -8.6 -16.2 54 7.6 -11.2 273 11 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.3 1.96 11 500 5738 -13.0 -20.5 54 7.4 -15.2 260 14 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.2 1.50 12 450 6532 -18.3 -31.0 32 12.8 -20.8 231 19 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.6 0.64 13 400 7398 -25.4 -35.5 38 10.1 -26.9 215 24 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.46 14 350 8352 -32.7 -47.4 22 14.7 -33.9 214 29 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.15 15 300 9422 -39.6 -50.7 30 11.2 -40.2 218 62 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.12 16 250 10642 -49.8 -57.8 38 8.0 -50.0 193 73 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.06 17 200 12070 -54.1 -72.5 9 18.4 -54.4 195 39 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13936 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.2 217 22 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 19 100 16576 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 187 14 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.09 m Freezing level: 650.72 mb = 3681.38 m = 12077.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.95 mb = 3314.52 m = 10874.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.05 % Est. max temperature: 22.79 C = 73.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.17 mb = 1176.82 m = 3860.91 ft T: 11.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 11.05 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.65 mb = 2595.19 m = 8514.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.64 C = 72.74 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.06 mb = 1852.07 m = 6076.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.06 mb = 3713.78 m = 12184.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.06 mb = 8390.39 m = 27527.18 ft B at Equ Level: 118.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.06 mb = 9930.20 m = 32579.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -176.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -3.2 tot: 32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.49 Bulk Shear: 26.47 m/s