MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.7,-113.21 Latitude: 51.70 Longitude: -113.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 566 SFC 918 861 15.0 14.0 94 1.0 14.3 336 7 295.3 297.3 290.8 326.9 10.98 3 900 1027 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.4 351 15 298.4 300.3 291.6 329.6 10.71 4 850 1517 17.1 9.3 60 7.8 12.3 35 4 304.1 305.7 291.7 330.2 8.71 5 800 2031 13.6 8.0 69 5.6 10.2 53 5 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.1 8.44 6 750 2570 8.4 6.7 89 1.6 7.4 55 7 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.6 8.26 7 700 3136 4.3 3.2 93 1.1 3.7 72 7 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.2 6.89 8 650 3736 0.8 -1.4 86 2.1 -0.3 55 4 309.8 310.8 290.7 326.4 5.34 9 600 4375 -3.4 -5.5 85 2.1 -4.4 45 8 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.6 4.22 10 550 5058 -7.7 -11.2 76 3.5 -9.1 39 8 315.0 315.5 290.1 324.5 2.94 11 500 5793 -11.8 -26.1 29 14.4 -15.4 39 3 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.9 0.91 12 450 6592 -16.2 -51.4 3 35.2 -20.5 122 3 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.07 13 400 7468 -22.0 -59.3 2 37.3 -25.2 140 8 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.03 14 350 8436 -28.7 -48.9 13 20.2 -30.6 150 9 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 15 300 9522 -36.8 -45.4 41 8.6 -37.6 156 14 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.22 16 250 10756 -46.8 -54.9 39 8.2 -47.1 132 19 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.09 17 200 12203 -53.8 -67.4 18 13.6 -54.1 152 21 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14061 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 197 14 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16667 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 231 5 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.43 m Freezing level: 640.84 mb = 3853.29 m = 12641.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3684.66 m = 12088.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.10 C = 77.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.81 mb = 991.08 m = 3251.55 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 9.20 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.98 mb = 2515.03 m = 8251.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.11 C = 77.20 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.44 mb = 2037.07 m = 6683.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.44 mb = 3200.95 m = 10501.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 474.44 mb = 6191.11 m = 20311.81 ft B at Equ Level: 98.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 354.44 mb = 8344.22 m = 27375.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.4 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 75.4 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -3.2 tot: 23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 10.45 Bulk Shear: 9.42 m/s