MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 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 130 1 950 569 SFC 918 862 18.1 15.5 85 2.6 16.4 343 8 298.5 300.7 292.7 333.9 12.15 3 900 1032 15.6 14.4 92 1.2 14.8 347 10 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.1 11.53 4 850 1518 15.9 10.8 72 5.0 12.7 11 7 302.8 304.6 292.1 331.4 9.63 5 800 2031 12.9 8.0 72 4.9 9.9 62 5 304.9 306.4 291.7 330.2 8.43 6 750 2569 7.9 6.4 90 1.5 7.0 62 5 305.1 306.6 291.6 329.4 8.07 7 700 3135 3.9 2.5 91 1.4 3.1 89 8 306.8 308.0 290.8 326.8 6.57 8 650 3734 0.4 -1.3 88 1.7 -0.4 72 5 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.1 5.37 9 600 4372 -3.4 -5.4 86 2.0 -4.3 74 6 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.7 4.27 10 550 5054 -7.6 -10.9 77 3.4 -8.9 87 7 315.1 315.7 290.2 324.9 3.02 11 500 5789 -12.2 -25.2 33 13.0 -15.5 70 4 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.6 0.99 12 450 6587 -16.6 -49.1 4 32.5 -20.7 99 3 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.10 13 400 7461 -22.7 -55.2 3 32.5 -25.7 151 5 325.4 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.05 14 350 8427 -29.2 -48.2 14 19.0 -31.0 152 9 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.14 15 300 9510 -37.5 -42.5 59 5.0 -37.9 158 15 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.30 16 250 10740 -47.5 -53.4 50 5.9 -47.7 150 24 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.11 17 200 12186 -53.6 -68.4 15 14.9 -53.9 154 23 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14049 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 198 15 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16653 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 182 5 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.60 m Freezing level: 644.55 mb = 3803.21 m = 12477.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3655.90 m = 11994.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.39 % Est. max temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.04 mb = 1193.89 m = 3916.92 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 9.76 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.27 mb = 2282.44 m = 7488.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.85 mb = 1793.13 m = 5882.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.85 mb = 2703.28 m = 8868.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 377.85 mb = 7872.83 m = 25829.18 ft B at Equ Level: 228.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.85 mb = 10796.54 m = 35421.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.3 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 94.3 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 19.76 Bulk Shear: 11.62 m/s