MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 51.11,-109.07 Latitude: 51.11 Longitude: -109.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 1 950 590 SFC 940 683 29.6 15.5 43 14.1 19.9 141 10 308.1 310.3 295.3 344.0 11.85 3 900 1067 24.0 14.0 53 10.0 17.3 140 11 306.2 308.3 294.3 339.9 11.21 4 850 1563 19.1 12.9 67 6.2 15.1 139 11 306.2 308.3 294.2 339.6 11.10 5 800 2080 14.0 11.9 87 2.1 12.7 138 11 306.0 308.1 294.1 339.2 11.03 6 750 2621 9.3 7.8 90 1.5 8.4 137 11 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.5 8.88 7 700 3190 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.5 152 11 308.3 309.5 291.1 327.8 6.37 8 650 3791 1.8 -4.3 64 6.1 -1.1 161 12 311.0 311.9 290.1 324.5 4.29 9 600 4433 -0.9 -10.1 50 9.2 -4.8 151 11 315.1 315.6 290.2 324.6 2.95 10 550 5123 -4.2 -20.0 28 15.8 -9.4 152 12 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.0 1.42 11 500 5867 -9.1 -38.9 7 29.8 -14.8 141 11 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.9 0.26 12 450 6672 -15.3 -41.2 9 25.9 -19.5 108 8 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.23 13 400 7548 -22.5 -44.3 12 21.8 -25.3 74 5 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.19 14 350 8512 -29.9 -47.2 17 17.3 -31.6 330 7 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.15 15 300 9593 -37.4 -52.7 19 15.2 -38.4 298 19 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 16 250 10824 -48.0 -57.4 33 9.4 -48.3 276 21 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 17 200 12263 -54.5 -69.3 15 14.8 -54.8 287 10 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14111 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 290 8 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16689 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 326 20 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.05 m Freezing level: 616.62 mb = 4219.97 m = 13844.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.81 mb = 3645.19 m = 11959.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.12 mb = 2443.08 m = 8015.25 ft T: 10.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.56 mb = 2329.55 m = 7642.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.12 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 38.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1164.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.33 mb = 2353.73 m = 7722.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.33 mb = 2408.03 m = 7900.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.33 mb = 11668.10 m = 38280.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1151.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.33 mb = 14139.47 m = 46388.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 174.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9871.94 Bulk Shear: 0.12 m/s