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: 51.79,-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 71 1 950 515 2 900 988 SFC 884 1144 18.7 14.1 74 4.7 15.7 114 3 302.4 304.5 293.4 336.4 11.50 4 850 1482 18.6 8.8 53 9.8 12.6 144 6 305.6 307.2 291.9 330.9 8.38 5 800 1998 14.2 6.4 59 7.8 9.6 193 6 306.3 307.7 291.5 329.2 7.55 6 750 2538 9.5 3.9 68 5.6 6.3 237 9 306.9 308.1 291.0 327.5 6.75 7 700 3106 4.5 2.1 84 2.4 3.2 262 11 307.5 308.7 290.9 326.9 6.36 8 650 3705 0.4 -2.2 83 2.6 -0.9 285 14 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.9 5.00 9 600 4343 -3.9 -6.6 81 2.7 -5.1 284 15 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.0 3.89 10 550 5024 -8.5 -13.2 69 4.7 -10.2 276 15 314.0 314.5 289.4 322.2 2.52 11 500 5755 -13.8 -19.2 63 5.4 -15.4 265 14 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.9 1.67 12 450 6547 -19.0 -31.3 33 12.3 -21.4 256 14 319.3 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.62 13 400 7413 -24.9 -28.3 74 3.4 -25.6 253 15 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.9 0.93 14 350 8370 -32.1 -42.0 37 9.9 -33.1 250 15 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.27 15 300 9439 -40.2 -55.9 17 15.8 -40.9 266 19 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.07 16 250 10658 -49.3 -58.3 34 9.0 -49.6 275 20 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12099 -53.7 -69.8 12 16.0 -54.0 260 17 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13956 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 243 19 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16587 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.4 212 12 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.95 m Freezing level: 645.49 mb = 3762.82 m = 12345.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.19 mb = 3567.31 m = 11703.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.64 % Est. max temperature: 23.29 C = 73.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.97 mb = 1736.15 m = 5695.96 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.85 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.41 mb = 2869.36 m = 9413.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.44 C = 74.20 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.52 mb = 2654.01 m = 8707.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.52 mb = 3169.45 m = 10398.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.52 mb = 9793.30 m = 32129.85 ft B at Equ Level: 502.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.52 mb = 12278.24 m = 40282.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 56.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 15.94 Bulk Shear: 31.59 m/s