MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 74 1 950 520 SFC 913 862 23.4 12.5 51 10.8 16.3 348 10 304.3 306.2 292.9 334.3 10.04 3 900 991 21.2 11.4 53 9.9 15.0 347 11 303.4 305.1 292.1 331.5 9.43 4 850 1482 16.3 10.3 68 6.0 12.6 345 11 303.2 305.0 292.0 331.0 9.32 5 800 1994 11.3 9.3 87 2.1 10.1 341 10 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.7 9.22 6 750 2530 7.8 3.4 74 4.4 5.4 291 12 305.0 306.2 290.2 324.8 6.52 7 700 3094 3.9 -1.0 70 4.9 1.4 280 15 306.8 307.8 289.5 322.5 5.09 8 650 3693 0.0 -4.1 74 4.1 -1.9 265 16 309.0 309.8 289.5 322.5 4.35 9 600 4329 -4.1 -6.4 84 2.3 -5.1 256 17 311.4 312.1 289.9 323.8 3.94 10 550 5010 -8.0 -11.6 75 3.6 -9.4 250 19 314.6 315.1 289.9 323.8 2.86 11 500 5745 -12.5 -18.9 59 6.4 -14.5 240 21 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.5 1.72 12 450 6540 -18.3 -31.5 30 13.2 -20.8 232 23 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.4 0.61 13 400 7407 -25.0 -40.1 23 15.1 -26.9 235 24 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.29 14 350 8361 -32.7 -40.2 47 7.6 -33.5 235 29 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.33 15 300 9425 -42.1 -48.3 51 6.1 -42.5 230 37 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.16 16 250 10631 -51.4 -56.8 52 5.4 -51.5 230 45 329.6 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.07 17 200 12072 -51.0 -73.0 6 22.0 -51.5 218 29 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13957 -47.2 -77.6 2 30.4 -48.1 201 24 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.01 19 100 16594 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.3 198 18 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.11 m Freezing level: 649.96 mb = 3693.11 m = 12116.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.65 mb = 3344.44 m = 10972.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.13 % Est. max temperature: 23.61 C = 74.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.73 mb = 2217.39 m = 7274.83 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2364.70 m = 7758.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.55 C = 74.40 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 640.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.41 mb = 2231.48 m = 7321.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.41 mb = 2612.92 m = 8572.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.41 mb = 10830.13 m = 35531.50 ft B at Equ Level: 626.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.41 mb = 12325.85 m = 40438.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -9.1 tot: -8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.96 Bulk Shear: 45.89 m/s