MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.70,-111.44 Latitude: 51.70 Longitude: -111.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 519 SFC 922 776 18.5 18.2 98 0.3 18.4 312 3 298.5 301.1 294.4 340.5 14.45 3 900 984 17.1 17.1 100 0.1 17.1 338 7 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.2 13.72 4 850 1471 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 3 10 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.0 12.13 5 800 1982 12.0 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 41 7 303.9 306.0 293.4 336.6 10.97 6 750 2522 9.8 9.6 99 0.1 9.7 104 8 307.2 309.1 293.7 337.6 10.07 7 700 3094 7.0 6.9 99 0.1 6.9 135 12 310.2 311.9 293.7 337.6 8.94 8 650 3701 4.0 3.7 98 0.2 3.8 148 16 313.4 314.9 293.7 337.5 7.73 9 600 4348 0.0 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 158 18 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.0 6.28 10 550 5041 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 161 18 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.5 5.17 11 500 5789 -7.9 -8.7 94 0.8 -8.2 159 18 323.4 324.2 293.4 336.5 3.96 12 450 6601 -12.9 -14.3 89 1.4 -13.5 158 20 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.5 2.80 13 400 7488 -19.0 -21.0 84 2.0 -19.6 160 20 330.3 330.6 293.4 336.6 1.79 14 350 8468 -26.6 -29.1 80 2.5 -27.1 161 20 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.5 0.99 15 300 9559 -36.4 -39.4 74 3.0 -36.8 163 18 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.42 16 250 10792 -47.9 -51.2 68 3.3 -48.0 172 19 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12218 -60.3 -64.4 59 4.1 -60.3 190 20 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.03 18 150 14061 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 200 15 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16672 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 217 9 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.38 m Freezing level: 599.41 mb = 4355.79 m = 14290.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.24 mb = 4330.85 m = 14208.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.71 mb = 807.26 m = 2648.44 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 3.93 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1273.63 m = 4178.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.37 C = 68.66 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.76 mb = 1275.23 m = 4183.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.76 mb = 1324.33 m = 4344.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.76 mb = 12387.72 m = 40641.63 ft B at Equ Level: 237.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.76 mb = 13082.05 m = 42919.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.1 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 177.1 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 93.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 4.70 Bulk Shear: 57.21 m/s