MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 119 1 950 560 SFC 918 862 21.2 16.2 73 5.0 17.8 355 6 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.1 12.70 3 900 1028 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 355 7 300.6 302.8 293.4 336.3 12.17 4 850 1515 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 45 5 301.8 303.6 292.0 331.2 9.93 5 800 2027 12.3 8.5 77 3.9 10.0 58 5 304.3 305.9 291.8 330.4 8.71 6 750 2565 7.6 6.6 93 1.0 7.0 61 5 304.8 306.3 291.6 329.4 8.18 7 700 3130 3.6 3.3 98 0.3 3.4 90 4 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.6 6.94 8 650 3728 0.1 -0.4 96 0.5 -0.2 97 4 309.1 310.2 290.8 326.8 5.72 9 600 4366 -3.5 -4.5 92 1.1 -4.0 99 5 312.1 313.0 290.7 326.4 4.55 10 550 5049 -7.6 -10.4 80 2.8 -8.7 114 6 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.3 3.16 11 500 5785 -12.1 -21.3 46 9.2 -14.7 103 7 318.3 318.6 289.7 323.1 1.40 12 450 6583 -16.7 -48.8 4 32.1 -20.8 127 5 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.6 0.10 13 400 7456 -22.7 -45.8 10 23.1 -25.5 186 5 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.16 14 350 8421 -29.5 -42.3 28 12.8 -31.0 168 9 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.26 15 300 9502 -37.9 -41.7 68 3.8 -38.2 150 18 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.33 16 250 10730 -48.0 -51.7 66 3.7 -48.2 145 25 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12176 -52.9 -69.0 13 16.0 -53.2 149 26 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14042 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 197 15 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16655 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 182 7 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.07 m Freezing level: 648.42 mb = 3748.32 m = 12297.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.18 mb = 3701.12 m = 12142.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.27 mb = 1492.72 m = 4897.31 ft T: 15.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2133.77 m = 7000.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.84 C = 74.91 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 37.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 443.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.42 mb = 1804.26 m = 5919.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.42 mb = 2384.42 m = 7822.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.42 mb = 9353.58 m = 30687.22 ft B at Equ Level: 442.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.42 mb = 12292.86 m = 40330.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.3 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 118.3 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 56.48 Bulk Shear: 7.85 m/s