MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 51.02,-112.56 Latitude: 51.02 Longitude: -112.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 549 SFC 914 873 9.9 9.6 98 0.3 9.7 227 3 290.4 291.9 286.6 313.8 8.24 3 900 1006 13.3 10.6 84 2.7 11.7 217 11 295.3 296.9 289.1 321.1 8.98 4 850 1488 13.3 5.0 57 8.3 8.6 234 7 300.1 301.3 288.5 319.2 6.44 5 800 1996 10.8 6.4 74 4.5 8.3 298 10 302.7 304.1 290.3 325.2 7.55 6 750 2531 7.2 2.1 70 5.1 4.5 311 12 304.4 305.5 289.5 322.4 5.94 7 700 3094 3.0 -0.4 78 3.4 1.3 288 11 305.8 306.8 289.3 322.0 5.30 8 650 3691 -0.8 -5.6 70 4.8 -3.0 272 15 308.0 308.7 288.8 320.1 3.86 9 600 4325 -4.8 -7.3 83 2.4 -5.9 273 19 310.5 311.2 289.4 322.2 3.70 10 550 5002 -10.5 -10.9 97 0.4 -10.7 276 19 311.6 312.2 289.1 321.2 3.02 11 500 5733 -13.1 -19.7 58 6.5 -15.0 268 21 317.0 317.4 289.5 322.4 1.61 12 450 6527 -18.3 -30.3 34 12.0 -20.8 263 22 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.6 0.68 13 400 7394 -24.2 -37.8 27 13.6 -26.2 259 23 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.9 0.37 14 350 8353 -31.3 -35.4 67 4.1 -31.9 258 26 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.5 0.54 15 300 9426 -39.6 -47.3 44 7.7 -40.1 258 29 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.18 16 250 10647 -49.3 -56.2 44 6.9 -49.5 255 32 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 17 200 12082 -55.0 -65.4 27 10.3 -55.2 255 33 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 13938 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 248 22 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16562 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 223 14 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.59 m Freezing level: 660.98 mb = 3559.69 m = 11678.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.18 mb = 3266.55 m = 10716.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.22 % Est. max temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.67 mb = 915.00 m = 3001.93 ft T: 11.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.17 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.80 mb = 2855.36 m = 9367.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.34 C = 75.81 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 27.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8901.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.41 mb = 2043.67 m = 6704.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -8.2 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 19.92 m/s