MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 51.12,-114.02 Latitude: 51.12 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 516 2 900 990 SFC 889 1094 20.1 14.4 70 5.6 16.3 116 2 303.2 305.4 293.8 337.9 11.69 4 850 1484 19.0 9.4 54 9.6 13.0 190 3 306.0 307.7 292.3 332.3 8.71 5 800 2001 14.2 7.5 64 6.7 10.2 231 6 306.3 307.8 292.0 331.0 8.16 6 750 2541 9.3 5.1 75 4.2 6.9 248 8 306.7 308.1 291.5 329.1 7.37 7 700 3109 4.9 1.3 78 3.5 3.0 273 12 307.9 309.0 290.7 326.4 6.03 8 650 3710 0.8 -3.6 72 4.5 -1.3 290 15 309.9 310.7 290.0 324.0 4.50 9 600 4348 -3.5 -9.7 62 6.3 -6.0 297 13 312.1 312.7 289.3 321.9 3.04 10 550 5029 -8.2 -20.4 37 12.2 -11.9 288 12 314.3 314.6 288.4 318.9 1.37 11 500 5761 -13.4 -30.5 22 17.1 -17.0 266 13 316.8 316.9 288.4 318.9 0.60 12 450 6554 -18.9 -35.8 21 16.9 -21.7 256 16 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.40 13 400 7420 -24.5 -28.7 68 4.2 -25.4 262 16 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.3 0.89 14 350 8378 -31.9 -40.6 42 8.6 -32.9 257 18 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.32 15 300 9448 -39.7 -55.7 17 16.0 -40.5 265 21 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.07 16 250 10668 -49.6 -58.4 35 8.7 -49.9 272 19 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.06 17 200 12106 -53.5 -68.1 15 14.5 -53.8 265 19 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13965 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 249 18 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16592 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 210 11 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.57 m Freezing level: 640.35 mb = 3832.78 m = 12574.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.31 mb = 3520.97 m = 11551.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.22 % Est. max temperature: 23.69 C = 74.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.13 mb = 1810.00 m = 5938.23 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 19.05 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2749.85 m = 9021.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.87 C = 74.96 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 38.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 676.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.52 mb = 2568.69 m = 8427.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.52 mb = 2963.37 m = 9722.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.52 mb = 10601.02 m = 34779.83 ft B at Equ Level: 674.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.52 mb = 12697.15 m = 41656.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 34.08 Bulk Shear: 19.85 m/s