MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.53,-113.75 Latitude: 51.53 Longitude: -113.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 506 SFC 902 963 22.0 14.0 61 7.9 16.7 134 3 304.0 306.1 293.7 337.5 11.24 3 900 979 22.2 12.4 54 9.8 15.8 138 4 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.6 10.10 4 850 1472 17.7 10.2 61 7.5 13.0 148 5 304.7 306.4 292.3 332.3 9.22 5 800 1986 12.7 9.1 79 3.6 10.4 153 5 304.6 306.3 292.2 331.9 9.10 6 750 2524 7.5 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 171 5 304.8 306.3 291.8 330.3 8.52 7 700 3089 3.6 2.0 89 1.6 2.7 240 11 306.5 307.6 290.5 325.8 6.33 8 650 3687 -0.1 -1.7 89 1.6 -0.9 267 16 308.9 309.8 290.2 324.9 5.19 9 600 4323 -4.0 -5.1 92 1.1 -4.6 267 18 311.5 312.3 290.3 325.2 4.35 10 550 5005 -8.2 -9.3 92 1.1 -8.7 259 18 314.3 315.0 290.4 325.4 3.44 11 500 5738 -13.5 -15.1 88 1.6 -14.0 244 20 316.6 317.0 290.1 324.4 2.37 12 450 6531 -18.6 -20.3 86 1.7 -19.1 230 24 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.6 1.69 13 400 7398 -24.7 -28.5 71 3.8 -25.5 227 25 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.1 0.91 14 350 8354 -32.8 -37.0 66 4.2 -33.3 223 31 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.46 15 300 9419 -41.4 -44.8 69 3.4 -41.7 223 42 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.23 16 250 10627 -52.5 -55.9 66 3.5 -52.5 214 51 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.08 17 200 12060 -49.6 -74.9 4 25.2 -50.1 216 33 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13959 -47.2 -77.6 2 30.3 -48.1 207 37 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.01 19 100 16600 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 193 21 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.16 m Freezing level: 651.32 mb = 3670.96 m = 12043.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.53 mb = 3532.66 m = 11589.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.15 % Est. max temperature: 22.71 C = 72.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.97 mb = 1965.28 m = 6447.69 ft T: 12.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.99 mb = 2380.78 m = 7810.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.70 C = 72.85 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 39.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 935.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.51 mb = 2364.22 m = 7756.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.51 mb = 2418.88 m = 7935.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.51 mb = 10902.73 m = 35769.69 ft B at Equ Level: 930.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.51 mb = 12773.81 m = 41908.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 28.98 Bulk Shear: 32.27 m/s