MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 100 1 950 530 2 900 997 SFC 885 1142 11.8 6.7 71 5.2 8.9 249 5 295.1 296.4 287.2 315.3 6.95 4 850 1486 17.3 5.6 46 11.7 10.5 298 12 304.3 305.5 290.1 324.5 6.72 5 800 2000 13.1 3.1 50 10.1 7.6 300 10 305.1 306.3 289.8 323.3 5.97 6 750 2538 9.0 0.2 54 8.8 4.4 298 7 306.4 307.3 289.5 322.3 5.19 7 700 3104 4.3 -2.6 61 6.9 0.9 247 6 307.2 308.0 289.1 321.2 4.51 8 650 3703 -0.1 -6.1 64 6.0 -2.8 231 10 308.8 309.5 288.9 320.5 3.72 9 600 4337 -5.0 -9.6 70 4.7 -6.8 228 13 310.4 311.0 288.8 320.1 3.07 10 550 5015 -9.3 -14.9 64 5.6 -11.2 234 15 313.0 313.5 288.8 320.2 2.19 11 500 5746 -13.8 -17.8 71 4.0 -15.0 236 18 316.2 316.6 289.5 322.5 1.88 12 450 6539 -18.7 -22.2 74 3.5 -19.6 246 19 319.8 320.0 290.2 324.7 1.44 13 400 7410 -22.6 -24.9 82 2.3 -23.1 241 22 325.6 325.9 291.7 330.1 1.27 14 350 8375 -30.3 -33.1 76 2.8 -30.7 242 27 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.67 15 300 9449 -39.9 -43.3 70 3.3 -40.2 244 30 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 16 250 10669 -49.4 -53.2 65 3.7 -49.6 242 26 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12094 -57.5 -65.0 38 7.5 -57.7 245 30 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 13937 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 235 25 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16563 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 233 12 425.7 425.7 308.4 425.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.06 m Freezing level: 651.60 mb = 3683.46 m = 12084.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.83 mb = 3245.88 m = 10649.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.06 % Est. max temperature: 22.92 C = 73.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.23 mb = 1808.66 m = 5933.86 ft T: 14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.14 mb = 3468.26 m = 11378.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.43 C = 75.97 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 29.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7701.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.94 mb = 2896.50 m = 9502.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.70 Bulk Shear: 10.51 m/s