MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.9,-113.55 Latitude: 51.90 Longitude: -113.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 514 SFC 906 932 24.7 13.4 49 11.3 17.2 9 2 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.6 10.70 3 900 987 22.8 12.2 51 10.6 15.9 7 2 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.8 9.94 4 850 1480 17.6 10.9 65 6.7 13.4 356 2 304.6 306.4 292.7 333.7 9.70 5 800 1995 12.6 9.8 83 2.8 10.9 345 2 304.6 306.4 292.6 333.3 9.58 6 750 2533 8.7 1.6 61 7.1 4.9 304 7 306.0 307.1 289.8 323.5 5.73 7 700 3099 4.3 -1.3 67 5.6 1.5 293 10 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.6 4.96 8 650 3697 -0.5 -4.3 75 3.9 -2.3 268 12 308.4 309.2 289.3 321.7 4.26 9 600 4332 -4.8 -8.0 78 3.3 -6.1 261 17 310.6 311.3 289.2 321.6 3.48 10 550 5011 -8.8 -13.2 70 4.4 -10.4 256 14 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.9 2.52 11 500 5743 -13.3 -24.5 38 11.3 -16.2 233 15 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.4 1.05 12 450 6535 -19.5 -27.8 47 8.4 -21.2 221 16 318.8 318.9 289.3 321.8 0.86 13 400 7398 -26.1 -32.9 53 6.8 -27.2 217 20 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.2 0.60 14 350 8348 -33.6 -45.6 29 12.0 -34.6 208 24 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.18 15 300 9411 -42.1 -54.7 24 12.6 -42.6 217 32 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.3 0.08 16 250 10620 -50.3 -60.3 29 10.1 -50.5 222 39 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.5 0.05 17 200 12068 -49.6 -71.9 6 22.3 -50.1 201 27 354.1 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13970 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 184 25 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 176 16 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.84 m Freezing level: 654.84 mb = 3639.39 m = 11940.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.21 mb = 3330.74 m = 10927.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.55 % Est. max temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.97 mb = 2346.22 m = 7697.47 ft T: 10.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.97 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.42 mb = 2450.59 m = 8039.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.13 C = 75.44 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 36.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1210.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.83 mb = 2325.95 m = 7630.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.83 mb = 2600.50 m = 8531.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.83 mb = 10781.84 m = 35373.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1207.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.83 mb = 12995.03 m = 42634.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -11.5 tot: -10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 64.37 Bulk Shear: 18.81 m/s