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: 51.45,-114.45 Latitude: 51.45 Longitude: -114.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 514 2 900 987 SFC 876 1224 17.8 15.8 88 2.1 16.5 122 4 302.3 304.7 294.5 340.6 12.99 4 850 1482 19.4 8.0 48 11.4 12.4 153 6 306.5 307.9 291.8 330.5 7.92 5 800 1999 14.8 5.9 55 9.0 9.6 213 6 307.0 308.3 291.5 329.1 7.28 6 750 2540 9.8 4.2 68 5.6 6.6 241 9 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.2 6.89 7 700 3108 4.4 2.5 88 1.9 3.4 254 10 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.5 6.58 8 650 3707 0.3 -2.0 84 2.4 -0.9 284 14 309.3 310.3 290.3 325.1 5.07 9 600 4345 -3.7 -6.4 82 2.6 -4.9 290 14 311.8 312.5 290.0 324.3 3.96 10 550 5026 -8.4 -11.9 76 3.5 -9.8 281 14 314.1 314.6 289.7 323.1 2.79 11 500 5758 -13.3 -20.5 55 7.2 -15.4 262 14 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.8 1.49 12 450 6551 -18.8 -31.0 33 12.2 -21.2 257 16 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.8 0.64 13 400 7417 -24.8 -27.5 78 2.7 -25.4 256 15 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 1.00 14 350 8373 -32.1 -40.8 42 8.7 -33.1 254 17 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.6 0.31 15 300 9443 -39.9 -55.3 18 15.3 -40.7 269 21 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10663 -49.3 -57.6 37 8.4 -49.5 276 21 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12103 -54.1 -68.8 15 14.8 -54.3 266 18 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13960 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 245 19 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16589 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 210 12 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.71 m Freezing level: 645.88 mb = 3759.56 m = 12334.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.04 mb = 3583.09 m = 11755.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.39 % Est. max temperature: 22.69 C = 72.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.36 mb = 1488.08 m = 4882.08 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 18.84 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 2950.95 m = 9681.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 469.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.78 mb = 2821.63 m = 9257.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.78 mb = 3110.46 m = 10204.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.78 mb = 9675.30 m = 31742.72 ft B at Equ Level: 468.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.78 mb = 12110.16 m = 39731.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 15.90 Bulk Shear: 29.54 m/s