MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 106 1 950 543 SFC 915 861 14.9 14.0 94 0.9 14.3 227 3 295.5 297.5 290.9 327.3 11.04 3 900 1004 15.1 12.9 86 2.3 13.7 215 4 297.1 299.0 291.0 327.4 10.44 4 850 1487 12.4 10.2 87 2.2 11.1 121 3 299.1 300.8 290.6 326.2 9.25 5 800 1994 10.0 5.3 72 4.7 7.3 70 5 301.8 303.1 289.6 322.7 7.00 6 750 2528 6.9 3.0 76 3.9 4.8 25 7 304.0 305.2 289.7 323.1 6.33 7 700 3091 3.1 1.9 92 1.1 2.5 4 3 305.9 307.1 290.3 325.1 6.30 8 650 3688 -0.7 -1.4 95 0.6 -1.0 145 2 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.6 5.33 9 600 4323 -4.2 -5.4 92 1.1 -4.8 182 2 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.7 4.27 10 550 5004 -8.1 -9.4 90 1.3 -8.7 199 4 314.5 315.1 290.4 325.4 3.41 11 500 5739 -12.4 -14.1 88 1.6 -13.0 212 6 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.4 2.58 12 450 6535 -17.9 -19.7 86 1.8 -18.4 209 10 320.7 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.78 13 400 7405 -24.0 -26.6 79 2.6 -24.6 195 17 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.6 1.09 14 350 8363 -32.3 -36.2 68 3.9 -32.8 200 26 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.50 15 300 9429 -41.8 -45.9 64 4.1 -42.1 208 37 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 16 250 10637 -50.7 -55.8 55 5.1 -50.8 192 71 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.08 17 200 12067 -53.2 -71.9 9 18.7 -53.5 202 40 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13942 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 212 25 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 19 100 16578 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 187 14 425.7 425.7 308.4 425.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.48 m Freezing level: 659.50 mb = 3574.37 m = 11726.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3507.49 m = 11507.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 22.61 C = 72.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.55 mb = 980.15 m = 3215.68 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 4.66 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.60 mb = 2081.16 m = 6827.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.50 C = 70.70 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.94 mb = 1646.57 m = 5402.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.94 mb = 3337.15 m = 10948.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 568.94 mb = 4739.23 m = 15548.47 ft B at Equ Level: 28.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 458.94 mb = 6386.73 m = 20953.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -21.8 tot: -14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 90.24 Bulk Shear: 0.31 m/s