MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.90,-113.12 Latitude: 51.90 Longitude: -113.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 526 SFC 912 874 15.9 15.5 98 0.4 15.6 304 13 296.7 298.9 292.3 332.1 12.23 3 900 988 15.2 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 310 19 297.1 299.3 292.2 331.9 12.01 4 850 1472 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.4 339 29 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.37 5 800 1981 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.4 3 18 302.4 304.3 292.2 331.9 9.94 6 750 2517 7.9 7.7 99 0.2 7.8 22 11 305.1 306.8 292.2 331.6 8.81 7 700 3084 4.8 4.4 97 0.4 4.5 41 6 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.7 7.51 8 650 3685 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 97 3 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.5 6.07 9 600 4325 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 130 7 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.5 5.34 10 550 5013 -5.2 -5.7 97 0.5 -5.4 132 12 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.6 4.56 11 500 5758 -9.1 -9.6 96 0.5 -9.4 148 14 321.9 322.6 292.8 334.1 3.70 12 450 6564 -15.1 -15.8 94 0.8 -15.3 155 14 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.7 2.48 13 400 7443 -21.1 -23.0 85 1.9 -21.6 127 13 327.6 327.9 292.5 332.9 1.51 14 350 8414 -28.6 -37.5 42 9.0 -29.8 119 15 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.43 15 300 9497 -37.9 -49.9 27 12.0 -38.7 121 20 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 16 250 10725 -48.4 -57.1 36 8.7 -48.7 116 34 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.07 17 200 12161 -54.3 -69.1 15 14.8 -54.6 138 27 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14038 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 215 20 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16655 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 220 13 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.79 m Freezing level: 638.21 mb = 3836.01 m = 12585.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.13 mb = 3794.96 m = 12450.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.88 % Est. max temperature: 23.39 C = 74.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.37 mb = 918.29 m = 3012.72 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 5.12 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1497.11 m = 4911.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.39 C = 66.89 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.97 mb = 1383.10 m = 4537.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.97 mb = 1835.68 m = 6022.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 553.97 mb = 4956.36 m = 16260.81 ft B at Equ Level: 91.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.97 mb = 9405.10 m = 30856.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.7 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 101.7 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.5 neg: -16.9 tot: 166.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 108.94 m/s