MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.62,-112.72 Latitude: 51.62 Longitude: -112.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 532 SFC 918 831 19.2 17.6 90 1.6 18.1 140 1 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.4 13.93 3 900 997 17.2 16.3 94 0.9 16.6 143 2 299.2 301.6 293.6 337.3 13.03 4 850 1484 14.6 13.8 95 0.8 14.1 138 13 301.4 303.6 293.3 336.0 11.74 5 800 1995 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 140 19 303.4 305.3 292.8 334.1 10.34 6 750 2533 8.7 8.4 98 0.4 8.5 144 19 306.0 307.8 292.7 333.9 9.24 7 700 3102 5.7 5.1 96 0.6 5.4 146 16 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.1 7.92 8 650 3705 2.3 1.6 95 0.7 2.0 150 15 311.6 312.8 292.3 332.2 6.64 9 600 4348 -1.5 -2.4 94 0.8 -2.0 157 13 314.4 315.4 292.1 331.3 5.37 10 550 5037 -5.4 -6.5 92 1.1 -5.9 154 13 317.6 318.5 292.1 331.5 4.28 11 500 5779 -9.7 -12.5 80 2.8 -10.8 145 11 321.2 321.8 292.0 330.9 2.93 12 450 6585 -14.7 -27.3 33 12.6 -17.8 142 11 324.8 324.9 291.2 328.0 0.91 13 400 7464 -21.6 -41.8 14 20.2 -24.4 138 18 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8436 -27.8 -60.6 3 32.8 -30.0 136 17 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.03 15 300 9521 -37.4 -56.7 12 19.3 -38.4 137 19 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 16 250 10753 -47.7 -61.7 18 14.1 -48.1 138 19 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12189 -56.4 -65.6 31 9.2 -56.5 154 16 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14046 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 188 21 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 198 10 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.45 m Freezing level: 619.77 mb = 4093.86 m = 13431.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 4018.66 m = 13184.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.77 % Est. max temperature: 24.51 C = 76.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.45 mb = 1031.07 m = 3382.72 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1526.82 m = 5009.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.09 C = 69.96 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 421.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.84 mb = 1425.83 m = 4677.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.84 mb = 1778.33 m = 5834.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.84 mb = 10993.35 m = 36066.99 ft B at Equ Level: 416.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.84 mb = 12838.92 m = 42121.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.6 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 176.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 37.97 Bulk Shear: 11.11 m/s