MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 103 1 950 541 SFC 915 861 16.0 13.1 83 2.9 14.1 336 2 296.6 298.5 290.7 326.6 10.38 3 900 1006 17.2 12.0 71 5.2 14.0 43 6 299.3 301.1 291.2 328.1 9.86 4 850 1491 13.4 10.3 82 3.1 11.5 61 4 300.2 301.9 291.0 327.6 9.31 5 800 1999 11.0 4.4 64 6.5 7.3 3 5 302.8 304.0 289.5 322.6 6.58 6 750 2534 7.2 3.2 76 4.0 5.0 324 6 304.4 305.5 289.9 323.7 6.41 7 700 3098 3.2 2.5 95 0.7 2.8 275 6 306.0 307.2 290.6 326.0 6.57 8 650 3695 -1.0 -1.4 97 0.4 -1.2 263 5 307.9 308.9 290.0 324.3 5.32 9 600 4330 -4.4 -5.2 94 0.8 -4.8 275 6 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.6 4.32 10 550 5010 -8.4 -10.5 85 2.1 -9.2 265 8 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.2 3.12 11 500 5744 -13.1 -16.4 77 3.2 -14.2 238 13 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.1 2.13 12 450 6538 -18.2 -21.2 77 3.0 -19.0 216 19 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.7 1.57 13 400 7406 -24.7 -28.2 73 3.5 -25.4 196 27 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.2 0.93 14 350 8362 -32.1 -36.6 64 4.5 -32.7 191 37 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.47 15 300 9429 -41.7 -45.6 65 4.0 -41.9 197 42 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.21 16 250 10637 -52.0 -56.1 61 4.2 -52.1 205 64 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 17 200 12066 -51.2 -71.0 8 19.8 -51.6 200 32 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13953 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 206 27 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.01 19 100 16596 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 190 14 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.40 m Freezing level: 661.72 mb = 3554.93 m = 11663.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3514.53 m = 11530.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.88 % Est. max temperature: 23.14 C = 73.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.03 mb = 1234.79 m = 4051.10 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2319.06 m = 7608.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.41 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.25 mb = 1871.76 m = 6140.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.25 mb = 3129.88 m = 10268.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.25 mb = 6583.14 m = 21597.95 ft B at Equ Level: 79.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.25 mb = 10447.82 m = 34277.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -17.1 tot: -9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 22.20 m/s