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: 51.96,-113.16 Latitude: 51.96 Longitude: -113.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 912 885 17.7 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 17 3 298.6 301.1 294.0 338.9 13.87 3 900 997 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.9 25 6 298.9 301.4 293.9 338.3 13.51 4 850 1483 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.0 110 10 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.9 11.89 5 800 1994 11.8 11.7 99 0.1 11.7 133 20 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.1 10.85 6 750 2533 9.0 8.8 99 0.1 8.9 143 24 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.1 9.55 7 700 3102 5.9 5.7 98 0.2 5.8 151 24 309.1 310.6 292.9 334.2 8.24 8 650 3706 1.5 1.0 96 0.5 1.3 153 22 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.4 6.35 9 600 4348 -1.6 -1.9 97 0.3 -1.7 153 22 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.54 10 550 5037 -5.0 -5.6 96 0.6 -5.3 155 21 318.1 319.0 292.5 332.8 4.57 11 500 5781 -9.2 -10.3 92 1.1 -9.6 154 19 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.3 3.50 12 450 6588 -14.2 -16.1 85 1.9 -14.8 149 17 325.4 325.9 292.7 333.7 2.43 13 400 7470 -20.8 -23.9 76 3.2 -21.6 142 18 328.0 328.3 292.5 332.9 1.38 14 350 8443 -28.1 -31.7 71 3.6 -28.7 136 20 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.6 0.77 15 300 9530 -36.6 -40.1 70 3.5 -37.0 139 21 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.3 0.39 16 250 10765 -47.1 -50.9 65 3.7 -47.3 141 21 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.14 17 200 12199 -58.5 -63.8 50 5.3 -58.6 163 17 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 18 150 14053 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 188 22 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16666 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 198 11 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.86 m Freezing level: 625.42 mb = 4021.21 m = 13192.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.08 mb = 3967.98 m = 13018.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.60 C = 76.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.07 mb = 911.06 m = 2989.01 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 5.71 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1382.38 m = 4535.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.58 C = 67.24 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 371.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.28 mb = 1391.02 m = 4563.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.28 mb = 1440.67 m = 4726.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.28 mb = 10914.04 m = 35806.79 ft B at Equ Level: 369.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.28 mb = 13085.87 m = 42932.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.3 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 177.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 126.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 6.97 Bulk Shear: 53.27 m/s