MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 104 1 950 545 SFC 916 861 17.5 16.3 93 1.2 16.7 306 3 298.0 300.4 293.1 335.3 12.81 3 900 1010 17.3 14.8 85 2.5 15.7 317 8 299.4 301.5 292.7 333.9 11.82 4 850 1496 13.3 12.4 94 0.9 12.7 319 10 300.0 302.0 292.1 331.4 10.68 5 800 2004 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 325 6 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.5 9.34 6 750 2538 6.9 6.4 96 0.6 6.6 311 4 304.1 305.6 291.2 328.2 8.05 7 700 3103 3.7 3.1 96 0.6 3.4 266 2 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.4 6.85 8 650 3701 0.1 -0.6 95 0.8 -0.3 255 3 309.1 310.2 290.7 326.5 5.63 9 600 4340 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 234 4 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.11 10 550 5025 -6.5 -9.2 81 2.7 -7.6 235 6 316.4 317.0 291.0 327.6 3.47 11 500 5765 -10.8 -19.3 50 8.5 -13.5 207 7 319.8 320.2 290.4 325.5 1.66 12 450 6565 -16.5 -20.2 73 3.7 -17.6 172 9 322.5 322.9 291.2 328.4 1.71 13 400 7440 -22.5 -25.5 77 3.0 -23.2 147 11 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.0 1.21 14 350 8406 -29.8 -33.3 72 3.4 -30.4 141 13 328.5 328.6 292.0 330.9 0.66 15 300 9482 -39.5 -44.3 60 4.8 -39.9 121 17 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.7 0.25 16 250 10700 -50.5 -54.7 61 4.2 -50.7 118 21 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.09 17 200 12139 -50.5 -75.0 4 24.5 -50.9 167 25 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14028 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.9 -50.0 206 19 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16646 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 215 11 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.60 m Freezing level: 647.42 mb = 3734.34 m = 12251.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.76 mb = 3654.85 m = 11990.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.20 % Est. max temperature: 22.69 C = 72.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.70 mb = 1012.79 m = 3322.76 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 8.73 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1584.72 m = 5199.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.75 C = 67.55 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.92 mb = 1526.09 m = 5006.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.92 mb = 1675.87 m = 5498.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.92 mb = 10911.86 m = 35799.63 ft B at Equ Level: 265.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.92 mb = 11765.72 m = 38600.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -3.2 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 33.63 Bulk Shear: 8.44 m/s