MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1 950 541 2 900 1000 SFC 885 1144 12.8 12.2 96 0.6 12.4 177 3 296.2 298.0 290.4 325.4 10.12 4 850 1482 14.7 9.1 69 5.6 11.3 189 2 301.6 303.1 290.8 326.9 8.55 5 800 1993 12.6 5.1 60 7.4 8.3 2 6 304.5 305.8 290.4 325.4 6.90 6 750 2531 8.1 2.5 68 5.6 5.1 344 4 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.9 6.12 7 700 3096 3.7 -1.0 71 4.7 1.3 294 6 306.6 307.5 289.4 322.2 5.08 8 650 3693 -0.4 -6.3 65 5.8 -3.0 287 9 308.5 309.1 288.7 320.0 3.67 9 600 4328 -4.9 -11.9 58 6.9 -7.5 285 12 310.4 310.9 288.3 318.6 2.57 10 550 5006 -9.0 -19.4 43 10.3 -12.2 293 10 313.4 313.7 288.2 318.4 1.50 11 500 5736 -13.7 -22.7 47 9.0 -16.1 283 8 316.3 316.5 288.9 320.5 1.23 12 450 6529 -18.7 -29.8 37 11.1 -20.9 259 9 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.72 13 400 7395 -25.4 -38.9 27 13.4 -27.2 231 12 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.2 0.33 14 350 8350 -31.8 -50.3 14 18.5 -33.3 218 24 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.3 0.11 15 300 9422 -40.0 -48.5 40 8.5 -40.6 201 44 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 16 250 10640 -50.0 -54.8 57 4.8 -50.2 178 54 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.09 17 200 12063 -56.1 -66.8 25 10.6 -56.3 212 41 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13934 -48.9 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 202 14 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.8 0.01 19 100 16569 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 204 15 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.61 m Freezing level: 655.46 mb = 3627.80 m = 11902.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.91 mb = 3271.34 m = 10732.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.95 % Est. max temperature: 22.05 C = 71.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.27 mb = 1224.72 m = 4018.05 ft T: 13.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 8.52 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.88 mb = 2798.37 m = 9180.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.25 C = 72.06 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 32.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.23 mb = 2330.67 m = 7646.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.23 mb = 3775.97 m = 12388.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.23 mb = 6475.19 m = 21243.79 ft B at Equ Level: 83.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 323.23 mb = 8903.43 m = 29210.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.9 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 313.9 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.17 Bulk Shear: 9.15 m/s