MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 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 107 1 950 550 SFC 916 861 19.7 16.6 83 3.0 17.6 321 3 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.6 13.10 3 900 1018 18.9 13.8 73 5.0 15.6 329 6 301.0 303.0 292.7 333.7 11.11 4 850 1506 14.3 12.6 89 1.7 13.2 326 7 301.1 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.82 5 800 2015 10.4 8.7 89 1.7 9.4 334 4 302.2 303.9 291.3 328.5 8.86 6 750 2550 7.3 5.6 89 1.7 6.3 62 2 304.5 305.9 291.0 327.5 7.65 7 700 3115 4.0 2.4 90 1.6 3.1 106 4 306.9 308.1 290.8 326.8 6.52 8 650 3714 0.1 -1.0 92 1.1 -0.4 101 2 309.1 310.1 290.6 326.1 5.49 9 600 4352 -3.1 -4.3 92 1.2 -3.7 71 1 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.2 4.65 10 550 5037 -6.2 -6.8 96 0.6 -6.5 214 2 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.19 11 500 5777 -11.0 -12.1 92 1.1 -11.4 240 3 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.02 12 450 6578 -16.2 -18.9 79 2.7 -17.0 201 4 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.4 1.91 13 400 7454 -22.5 -25.2 78 2.7 -23.1 173 8 325.7 326.0 291.7 330.1 1.23 14 350 8420 -29.8 -32.7 76 2.9 -30.2 164 15 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.70 15 300 9499 -38.9 -42.0 72 3.1 -39.2 152 13 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.32 16 250 10718 -50.5 -54.1 65 3.7 -50.6 150 19 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.10 17 200 12154 -51.6 -72.1 7 20.6 -52.0 170 24 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14036 -49.4 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 203 18 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.01 19 100 16655 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 203 13 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.06 m Freezing level: 648.22 mb = 3736.47 m = 12258.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3636.13 m = 11929.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.01 % Est. max temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.44 mb = 1244.41 m = 4082.67 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.78 mb = 1789.31 m = 5870.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.15 C = 70.07 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 373.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.25 mb = 1713.27 m = 5620.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.25 mb = 1866.55 m = 6123.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.25 mb = 10867.50 m = 35654.11 ft B at Equ Level: 369.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.25 mb = 12345.10 m = 40501.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -180.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 271.35 Bulk Shear: 1.38 m/s