MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 89 1 950 522 2 900 991 SFC 884 1142 11.9 9.9 88 2.0 10.7 243 5 295.3 296.8 288.9 320.4 8.70 4 850 1483 18.5 5.5 42 13.0 10.9 286 13 305.5 306.8 290.5 325.8 6.68 5 800 1998 14.0 3.3 48 10.7 8.0 284 12 306.1 307.2 290.2 324.7 6.09 6 750 2538 9.5 0.9 55 8.7 4.9 276 7 306.9 308.0 289.9 323.7 5.45 7 700 3105 4.7 -2.1 61 6.8 1.4 254 7 307.7 308.6 289.5 322.3 4.69 8 650 3704 0.4 -5.8 63 6.1 -2.4 243 8 309.4 310.1 289.2 321.4 3.83 9 600 4341 -4.2 -9.9 64 5.7 -6.5 233 10 311.3 311.8 289.0 320.8 3.00 10 550 5021 -8.7 -20.6 37 12.0 -12.2 227 13 313.8 314.0 288.2 318.3 1.34 11 500 5752 -13.1 -24.2 39 11.1 -16.0 231 16 317.1 317.3 289.0 320.8 1.08 12 450 6546 -18.9 -23.4 67 4.5 -20.0 241 19 319.5 319.8 289.9 323.9 1.29 13 400 7415 -23.4 -34.9 34 11.5 -25.3 259 22 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.3 0.49 14 350 8379 -29.7 -34.1 66 4.4 -30.4 270 26 328.7 328.8 292.0 330.9 0.61 15 300 9458 -39.1 -45.2 52 6.1 -39.6 266 27 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.23 16 250 10678 -49.8 -57.0 43 7.2 -50.1 265 26 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 17 200 12104 -57.2 -64.3 40 7.1 -57.4 257 28 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13950 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 235 21 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 19 100 16572 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 225 12 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.62 m Freezing level: 645.75 mb = 3758.58 m = 12331.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.77 mb = 3318.48 m = 10887.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.42 C = 74.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.05 mb = 1401.21 m = 4597.07 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.51 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.29 mb = 3443.78 m = 11298.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.77 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.59 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 30.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7465.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.61 mb = 2923.60 m = 9591.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.65 Bulk Shear: 6.24 m/s