MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 80 1 950 522 SFC 914 862 22.2 13.6 58 8.6 16.5 260 8 303.1 305.1 293.1 335.2 10.80 3 900 990 19.3 12.4 65 6.8 14.9 261 8 301.4 303.2 292.0 331.2 10.12 4 850 1478 14.4 11.3 82 3.1 12.4 266 10 301.2 303.0 291.9 330.6 9.95 5 800 1987 10.5 7.7 83 2.8 8.9 285 15 302.4 303.9 290.9 327.1 8.29 6 750 2522 7.3 4.5 82 2.9 5.7 283 19 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.8 7.04 7 700 3087 3.7 0.0 77 3.6 1.8 276 20 306.5 307.6 289.8 323.4 5.49 8 650 3685 0.6 -7.7 54 8.3 -3.0 266 22 309.6 310.3 288.8 320.1 3.30 9 600 4323 -3.3 -17.8 32 14.4 -8.2 260 23 312.2 312.5 287.9 317.4 1.57 10 550 5005 -8.0 -18.3 43 10.3 -11.3 255 22 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.0 1.64 11 500 5738 -13.1 -27.2 30 14.1 -16.4 250 21 317.1 317.2 288.7 319.9 0.82 12 450 6531 -19.0 -31.2 33 12.3 -21.3 245 19 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.6 0.63 13 400 7395 -25.9 -35.4 41 9.5 -27.3 237 18 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.0 0.47 14 350 8346 -33.7 -39.3 57 5.6 -34.3 232 18 323.3 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.36 15 300 9407 -42.9 -49.5 48 6.6 -43.3 214 14 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.14 16 250 10609 -51.2 -58.9 39 7.7 -51.4 207 13 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.05 17 200 12061 -48.9 -73.7 4 24.8 -49.4 200 21 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 13963 -46.8 -77.3 2 30.5 -47.7 192 26 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.01 19 100 16598 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 183 16 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.03 m Freezing level: 642.39 mb = 3782.40 m = 12409.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.27 mb = 3305.91 m = 10846.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.61 % Est. max temperature: 23.03 C = 73.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.06 mb = 1934.30 m = 6346.05 ft T: 10.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 17.71 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2064.57 m = 6773.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.82 C = 71.28 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 35.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 644.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.90 mb = 1925.58 m = 6317.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.90 mb = 2512.52 m = 8243.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.90 mb = 10585.29 m = 34728.24 ft B at Equ Level: 640.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.90 mb = 12368.91 m = 40579.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 47.36 Bulk Shear: 13.61 m/s