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: 51.93,-113.52 Latitude: 51.93 Longitude: -113.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 906 930 24.7 13.4 49 11.3 17.2 8 2 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.6 10.69 3 900 987 22.8 12.2 51 10.6 16.0 5 2 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.9 9.97 4 850 1480 17.6 10.9 65 6.7 13.4 354 2 304.6 306.4 292.7 333.6 9.69 5 800 1995 12.6 9.9 83 2.8 10.9 342 2 304.6 306.4 292.6 333.3 9.60 6 750 2533 8.6 1.9 63 6.7 5.0 303 7 305.9 307.0 289.9 323.8 5.85 7 700 3099 4.3 -1.2 67 5.5 1.5 294 11 307.2 308.2 289.6 322.6 5.00 8 650 3697 -0.4 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.3 269 13 308.5 309.3 289.2 321.7 4.23 9 600 4332 -4.9 -7.9 79 3.0 -6.1 262 18 310.5 311.2 289.2 321.6 3.51 10 550 5011 -8.7 -13.2 70 4.5 -10.4 256 14 313.8 314.2 289.3 321.9 2.51 11 500 5743 -13.3 -24.8 37 11.5 -16.2 233 15 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.4 1.02 12 450 6535 -19.5 -28.3 46 8.8 -21.3 220 16 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.7 0.83 13 400 7398 -26.1 -32.8 53 6.8 -27.2 216 20 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.2 0.60 14 350 8348 -33.6 -45.4 29 11.8 -34.6 207 25 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.19 15 300 9411 -42.1 -54.8 24 12.7 -42.7 216 32 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.07 16 250 10620 -50.2 -60.3 29 10.1 -50.5 222 39 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.5 0.05 17 200 12068 -49.7 -72.3 5 22.6 -50.1 201 27 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13971 -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: 5675.67 m Freezing level: 654.70 mb = 3640.84 m = 11944.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.51 mb = 3326.92 m = 10914.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.11 C = 75.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.87 mb = 2347.13 m = 7700.47 ft T: 10.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 16.97 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.89 mb = 2434.39 m = 7986.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.03 C = 75.25 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1212.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.03 mb = 2323.75 m = 7623.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.03 mb = 2598.22 m = 8524.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.03 mb = 10776.69 m = 35356.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1209.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.03 mb = 12987.83 m = 42610.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -12.0 tot: -11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 62.32 Bulk Shear: 19.45 m/s