MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 105 1 950 544 SFC 915 861 15.9 15.2 95 0.7 15.4 286 5 296.4 298.6 291.9 330.8 11.91 3 900 1007 15.7 14.0 90 1.7 14.6 307 12 297.7 299.7 291.8 330.3 11.22 4 850 1490 12.7 10.9 89 1.8 11.6 312 10 299.5 301.2 291.1 327.8 9.68 5 800 1998 9.9 8.4 90 1.5 9.0 287 8 301.7 303.3 291.0 327.5 8.70 6 750 2532 6.6 5.6 93 1.0 6.1 277 8 303.8 305.2 290.7 326.6 7.63 7 700 3095 3.1 2.7 97 0.5 2.9 272 6 306.0 307.2 290.6 326.1 6.63 8 650 3693 -0.3 -0.8 96 0.5 -0.6 243 3 308.6 309.7 290.5 325.8 5.55 9 600 4330 -2.9 -4.0 92 1.1 -3.4 196 5 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.7 4.74 10 550 5014 -6.3 -9.5 78 3.2 -7.6 175 8 316.6 317.3 291.0 327.6 3.38 11 500 5754 -10.5 -15.0 70 4.4 -12.1 184 11 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.39 12 450 6556 -16.2 -21.4 64 5.2 -17.6 192 12 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.2 1.54 13 400 7431 -22.8 -26.2 73 3.4 -23.6 180 12 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.12 14 350 8394 -30.7 -34.0 73 3.3 -31.2 154 13 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.62 15 300 9468 -40.2 -44.5 64 4.3 -40.5 139 15 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 16 250 10681 -50.8 -55.6 57 4.8 -51.0 130 19 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.08 17 200 12120 -51.2 -72.0 7 20.8 -51.6 167 24 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14012 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 212 21 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.01 19 100 16633 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 193 9 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.35 m Freezing level: 654.27 mb = 3641.53 m = 11947.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.19 mb = 3591.67 m = 11783.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.82 % Est. max temperature: 22.41 C = 72.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.54 mb = 954.39 m = 3131.17 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 5.05 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1760.12 m = 5774.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.01 C = 68.02 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.66 mb = 1553.05 m = 5095.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.66 mb = 2436.88 m = 7994.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 598.66 mb = 4347.66 m = 14263.79 ft B at Equ Level: 54.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 478.66 mb = 6086.45 m = 19968.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -7.6 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.84 Bulk Shear: 19.05 m/s