MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 111 1 950 555 SFC 917 862 21.6 16.0 70 5.6 17.8 337 5 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.3 12.56 3 900 1024 19.2 14.5 74 4.8 16.1 338 6 301.3 303.4 293.2 335.4 11.57 4 850 1512 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.6 344 6 301.3 303.3 292.9 334.2 11.17 5 800 2022 10.9 8.6 86 2.3 9.5 50 3 302.7 304.4 291.4 328.9 8.78 6 750 2558 7.7 5.7 87 2.0 6.5 61 6 304.9 306.4 291.2 328.1 7.69 7 700 3124 4.2 2.3 87 2.0 3.2 72 6 307.2 308.4 290.8 326.9 6.45 8 650 3723 0.5 -1.4 88 1.8 -0.4 70 4 309.5 310.5 290.6 326.0 5.33 9 600 4361 -3.1 -5.0 87 1.9 -4.0 95 5 312.5 313.3 290.7 326.4 4.40 10 550 5046 -6.7 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.1 147 4 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.8 3.94 11 500 5786 -10.8 -11.8 92 1.0 -11.2 175 5 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.10 12 450 6587 -16.5 -29.2 32 12.7 -19.3 174 8 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.2 0.76 13 400 7459 -23.3 -39.9 20 16.6 -25.6 157 6 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.30 14 350 8421 -30.5 -34.5 68 4.0 -31.1 166 6 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.58 15 300 9501 -38.2 -41.3 72 3.2 -38.5 165 13 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.8 0.34 16 250 10725 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.2 150 24 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12167 -51.5 -70.5 9 19.0 -51.9 161 29 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14043 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 195 19 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16660 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 189 12 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.77 m Freezing level: 643.62 mb = 3804.51 m = 12481.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.18 mb = 3646.55 m = 11963.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.59 C = 74.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.85 mb = 1573.20 m = 5161.34 ft T: 14.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.25 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1791.06 m = 5876.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.55 C = 70.79 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 565.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.99 mb = 1722.62 m = 5651.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.99 mb = 1876.16 m = 6155.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.99 mb = 10882.16 m = 35702.20 ft B at Equ Level: 555.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.99 mb = 12711.15 m = 41702.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.9 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 134.9 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 45.34 Bulk Shear: 12.47 m/s