MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 50.05,-113.78 Latitude: 50.05 Longitude: -113.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 562 2 900 1029 SFC 886 1166 16.5 13.4 82 3.1 14.5 258 8 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.0 10.96 4 850 1518 15.8 9.6 66 6.2 12.0 298 17 302.7 304.4 291.5 329.1 8.85 5 800 2030 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 11.0 330 11 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.6 9.55 6 750 2570 8.8 8.1 95 0.8 8.4 332 9 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.5 9.06 7 700 3138 5.3 4.9 97 0.5 5.1 344 7 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.77 8 650 3741 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 24 5 310.9 312.2 292.0 331.1 6.53 9 600 4382 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 47 6 314.0 315.0 292.0 331.1 5.43 10 550 5071 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 62 8 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.6 4.57 11 500 5815 -9.2 -9.9 94 0.8 -9.5 79 10 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.8 3.60 12 450 6622 -14.1 -15.6 88 1.5 -14.6 100 12 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.0 2.52 13 400 7505 -20.3 -22.7 81 2.5 -21.0 111 13 328.6 328.9 292.8 334.1 1.54 14 350 8479 -27.8 -30.6 77 2.9 -28.3 117 11 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.85 15 300 9566 -37.4 -40.4 74 3.0 -37.7 132 5 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.38 16 250 10794 -48.7 -52.6 63 4.0 -48.8 123 8 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12240 -51.8 -71.2 8 19.4 -52.2 165 15 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14107 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 226 9 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16708 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 246 4 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.54 m Freezing level: 625.67 mb = 4053.09 m = 13297.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 4011.60 m = 13161.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.59 % Est. max temperature: 23.18 C = 73.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.30 mb = 1564.50 m = 5132.80 ft T: 15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 2.97 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2593.35 m = 8508.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.67 C = 72.81 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6822.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.41 mb = 2226.87 m = 7305.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 64.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.3 neg: -3.0 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 43.94 m/s