MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 90 1 950 531 2 900 998 SFC 885 1144 18.8 15.0 78 3.8 16.3 160 2 302.3 304.6 293.9 338.4 12.19 4 850 1486 15.4 8.7 64 6.7 11.3 253 1 302.2 303.8 290.9 327.0 8.31 5 800 1997 12.4 4.2 57 8.2 7.8 310 5 304.4 305.6 290.0 324.0 6.49 6 750 2534 8.1 2.0 66 6.1 4.8 287 7 305.3 306.4 289.8 323.3 5.90 7 700 3099 3.8 -2.3 64 6.1 0.8 282 10 306.7 307.5 289.0 320.8 4.60 8 650 3697 -0.2 -8.2 55 8.0 -3.6 284 12 308.7 309.3 288.3 318.8 3.18 9 600 4332 -4.2 -15.4 41 11.2 -8.1 289 12 311.2 311.6 287.9 317.5 1.92 10 550 5012 -8.5 -20.4 38 11.9 -12.1 280 9 314.0 314.2 288.3 318.5 1.37 11 500 5744 -13.3 -22.3 47 9.0 -15.8 254 7 316.8 317.0 289.1 321.1 1.27 12 450 6537 -18.8 -30.0 37 11.1 -21.1 240 8 319.6 319.7 289.4 322.1 0.71 13 400 7402 -25.5 -39.1 27 13.6 -27.3 241 10 321.8 321.8 289.6 323.0 0.32 14 350 8357 -31.9 -50.2 15 18.3 -33.4 222 18 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.11 15 300 9428 -39.8 -51.7 27 11.8 -40.5 204 34 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 16 250 10647 -50.5 -54.6 62 4.1 -50.6 178 49 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 17 200 12073 -53.5 -68.6 14 15.1 -53.8 224 23 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13945 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 199 20 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16579 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 193 14 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.73 m Freezing level: 652.46 mb = 3667.43 m = 12032.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.99 mb = 3203.69 m = 10510.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.82 % Est. max temperature: 22.06 C = 71.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.14 mb = 1624.26 m = 5328.86 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 20.90 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2783.24 m = 9131.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.04 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 31.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.33 mb = 2464.33 m = 8084.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.33 mb = 3436.44 m = 11274.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.33 mb = 8129.10 m = 26669.94 ft B at Equ Level: 145.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.33 mb = 10350.50 m = 33957.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.0 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 304.0 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 21.82 Bulk Shear: 6.70 m/s