MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 74 1 950 519 2 900 992 SFC 884 1144 22.9 12.1 50 10.8 15.8 43 2 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.0 10.06 4 850 1486 18.1 9.6 58 8.5 12.8 15 1 305.1 306.7 292.2 331.7 8.86 5 800 2001 13.1 8.5 74 4.5 10.3 328 1 305.1 306.7 292.1 331.4 8.76 6 750 2539 8.5 3.1 69 5.4 5.6 295 8 305.9 307.0 290.3 325.3 6.41 7 700 3106 4.7 -2.0 62 6.7 1.4 294 15 307.7 308.6 289.5 322.2 4.70 8 650 3705 0.6 -6.9 57 7.5 -2.7 291 15 309.7 310.4 289.0 320.8 3.51 9 600 4343 -3.8 -12.8 49 9.1 -7.2 286 13 311.8 312.2 288.6 319.5 2.38 10 550 5023 -8.5 -18.9 43 10.4 -11.7 273 12 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.2 1.56 11 500 5755 -13.6 -26.3 33 12.7 -16.6 258 13 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.6 0.90 12 450 6547 -19.1 -29.2 41 10.1 -21.2 249 12 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.8 0.76 13 400 7411 -25.3 -39.5 25 14.2 -27.2 248 13 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.2 0.31 14 350 8366 -32.3 -48.4 19 16.1 -33.6 238 15 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.14 15 300 9436 -40.2 -52.4 26 12.2 -40.9 198 30 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.10 16 250 10652 -50.9 -55.8 56 4.9 -51.0 183 44 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 17 200 12083 -51.6 -78.2 3 26.6 -52.0 219 17 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.00 18 150 13952 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 217 25 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16584 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 190 15 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.20 m Freezing level: 642.62 mb = 3799.46 m = 12465.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.09 mb = 3303.66 m = 10838.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.28 % Est. max temperature: 22.68 C = 72.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.84 mb = 2496.65 m = 8191.01 ft T: 8.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 17.79 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2668.56 m = 8755.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.55 C = 72.59 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 34.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 713.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.86 mb = 2562.73 m = 8407.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.86 mb = 2956.32 m = 9699.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.86 mb = 10837.73 m = 35556.42 ft B at Equ Level: 703.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.86 mb = 12665.14 m = 41551.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -4.2 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 44.31 Bulk Shear: 16.10 m/s