MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 91 1 950 528 SFC 914 861 15.6 13.8 89 1.8 14.4 247 5 296.3 298.3 291.1 327.7 10.89 3 900 989 15.4 12.1 81 3.3 13.4 266 9 297.4 299.2 290.6 326.2 9.92 4 850 1473 13.3 9.0 75 4.2 10.7 296 18 300.1 301.6 290.3 325.2 8.52 5 800 1981 10.8 7.0 78 3.8 8.6 288 22 302.6 304.1 290.6 326.2 7.89 6 750 2517 7.4 4.7 83 2.7 5.9 287 24 304.6 305.9 290.6 326.1 7.14 7 700 3081 3.6 1.3 85 2.2 2.4 284 24 306.4 307.6 290.2 324.8 6.02 8 650 3679 0.1 -2.4 83 2.5 -1.1 279 25 309.1 310.0 290.1 324.4 4.93 9 600 4317 -3.3 -14.8 40 11.6 -7.4 273 26 312.3 312.7 288.4 318.9 2.01 10 550 4999 -7.8 -17.8 44 10.0 -11.1 271 25 314.8 315.2 288.9 320.5 1.71 11 500 5733 -13.1 -22.2 46 9.1 -15.6 267 23 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.4 1.29 12 450 6526 -18.8 -25.1 57 6.3 -20.3 257 21 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.4 1.10 13 400 7391 -25.5 -36.0 37 10.5 -27.1 234 21 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.4 0.44 14 350 8343 -33.3 -42.1 41 8.8 -34.1 220 18 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.27 15 300 9406 -41.8 -52.0 32 10.2 -42.3 190 12 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.10 16 250 10613 -51.5 -58.5 43 7.0 -51.7 157 12 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.06 17 200 12062 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 198 18 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 18 150 13965 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 190 25 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.01 19 100 16598 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.6 187 15 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.70 m Freezing level: 648.20 mb = 3702.29 m = 12146.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.82 mb = 3485.38 m = 11434.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.25 % Est. max temperature: 23.16 C = 73.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.19 mb = 1091.32 m = 3580.40 ft T: 14.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.26 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2381.64 m = 7813.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.21 C = 73.78 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7568.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.89 mb = 1816.26 m = 5958.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -7.1 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 16.59 m/s