MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 98 1 950 537 SFC 915 861 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 265 5 293.7 295.6 289.6 322.7 10.14 3 900 997 14.7 11.6 81 3.1 12.7 294 13 296.7 298.4 290.0 324.3 9.55 4 850 1479 12.9 10.2 84 2.7 11.3 274 12 299.7 301.4 290.8 326.8 9.24 5 800 1987 10.3 6.7 78 3.6 8.2 272 16 302.1 303.5 290.3 325.1 7.71 6 750 2522 7.0 3.6 79 3.4 5.2 272 15 304.2 305.4 290.0 324.2 6.64 7 700 3085 3.2 0.7 84 2.5 2.0 268 12 306.1 307.1 289.9 323.7 5.77 8 650 3683 -0.2 -1.4 92 1.2 -0.8 253 7 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.2 5.33 9 600 4320 -3.3 -4.4 92 1.1 -3.8 233 7 312.3 313.1 290.8 326.8 4.60 10 550 5003 -7.0 -8.4 90 1.4 -7.6 229 9 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.6 3.68 11 500 5741 -11.2 -14.0 79 2.9 -12.2 227 9 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.0 2.58 12 450 6542 -16.6 -20.8 70 4.2 -17.8 217 8 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.0 1.62 13 400 7415 -23.5 -27.3 70 3.9 -24.3 180 8 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.02 14 350 8375 -31.1 -38.9 46 7.8 -32.0 150 12 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.38 15 300 9447 -40.5 -44.3 66 3.9 -40.8 134 15 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.25 16 250 10659 -50.9 -57.6 45 6.7 -51.1 150 18 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 17 200 12100 -50.0 -73.4 5 23.4 -50.4 167 23 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13996 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.3 197 22 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.4 0.01 19 100 16618 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 176 14 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.52 m Freezing level: 653.06 mb = 3646.05 m = 11961.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.53 mb = 3504.44 m = 11497.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.46 % Est. max temperature: 22.75 C = 72.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.23 mb = 919.53 m = 3016.81 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.54 mb = 2223.04 m = 7293.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.22 C = 72.00 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 2.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7530.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.70 mb = 1702.07 m = 5584.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -14.3 tot: -12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.39 Bulk Shear: 5.25 m/s