MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 84 1 950 522 2 900 992 SFC 884 1143 15.4 14.0 91 1.4 14.5 207 3 298.8 300.9 292.3 332.1 11.41 4 850 1485 18.5 8.3 52 10.1 12.3 179 10 305.5 307.0 291.7 330.0 8.13 5 800 2001 14.4 5.8 56 8.6 9.3 212 9 306.5 307.8 291.3 328.4 7.23 6 750 2542 9.7 3.9 67 5.8 6.4 257 8 307.1 308.4 291.0 327.7 6.74 7 700 3110 4.8 1.2 77 3.6 2.9 270 10 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.1 5.95 8 650 3709 0.1 -3.0 80 3.0 -1.4 275 10 309.1 309.9 289.9 323.8 4.73 9 600 4346 -4.1 -7.4 78 3.2 -5.5 266 10 311.3 312.0 289.6 323.0 3.67 10 550 5026 -8.8 -11.0 83 2.3 -9.6 248 11 313.7 314.3 289.8 323.3 2.99 11 500 5758 -13.7 -16.5 79 2.9 -14.6 242 13 316.4 316.8 289.8 323.4 2.10 12 450 6550 -19.1 -21.2 84 2.0 -19.7 243 15 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.5 1.57 13 400 7416 -24.3 -31.7 50 7.4 -25.6 248 17 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.8 0.67 14 350 8375 -31.2 -44.1 27 12.9 -32.4 265 21 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.22 15 300 9450 -38.8 -51.6 25 12.8 -39.6 285 28 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 16 250 10674 -49.1 -56.5 42 7.4 -49.4 291 27 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 17 200 12106 -56.4 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 255 23 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 13956 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 224 16 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16581 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 213 13 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.25 m Freezing level: 649.05 mb = 3721.48 m = 12209.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.32 mb = 3508.92 m = 11512.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.58 % Est. max temperature: 23.56 C = 74.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.12 mb = 1322.71 m = 4339.55 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.11 mb = 2968.92 m = 9740.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.96 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 318.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.55 mb = 2646.41 m = 8682.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.55 mb = 3397.68 m = 11147.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.55 mb = 8464.11 m = 27769.05 ft B at Equ Level: 317.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.55 mb = 11625.76 m = 38141.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 24.05 Bulk Shear: 13.23 m/s