MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 112 1 950 550 SFC 916 861 13.9 13.5 98 0.4 13.6 236 4 294.3 296.2 290.2 324.9 10.68 3 900 1008 13.1 12.4 95 0.7 12.7 239 7 295.0 296.9 290.0 324.1 10.11 4 850 1488 11.5 9.1 85 2.4 10.0 110 4 298.2 299.7 289.8 323.2 8.57 5 800 1993 8.8 5.2 78 3.7 6.8 92 9 300.6 301.8 289.1 321.1 6.93 6 750 2525 5.9 2.8 80 3.1 4.2 59 11 303.0 304.1 289.3 321.8 6.25 7 700 3087 2.5 1.2 91 1.3 1.8 38 10 305.3 306.4 289.8 323.4 5.96 8 650 3682 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.1 40 5 307.9 308.9 290.1 324.5 5.39 9 600 4317 -4.4 -5.1 95 0.7 -4.7 34 1 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.8 4.36 10 550 4999 -8.1 -9.3 91 1.2 -8.6 202 1 314.5 315.1 290.4 325.5 3.43 11 500 5733 -12.6 -14.3 87 1.7 -13.2 289 2 317.7 318.1 290.6 326.0 2.53 12 450 6529 -18.0 -20.0 85 2.0 -18.6 203 2 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.5 1.74 13 400 7398 -24.3 -26.7 81 2.4 -24.8 203 9 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.2 1.08 14 350 8355 -32.3 -35.6 72 3.3 -32.7 208 17 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.53 15 300 9423 -41.1 -44.7 68 3.7 -41.3 199 33 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.24 16 250 10637 -50.7 -54.4 64 3.7 -50.8 176 61 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.09 17 200 12061 -53.4 -71.8 9 18.4 -53.7 202 34 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13934 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 215 18 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.01 19 100 16574 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 190 15 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.47 m Freezing level: 663.51 mb = 3521.31 m = 11552.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.66 mb = 3454.78 m = 11334.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.34 % Est. max temperature: 21.53 C = 70.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.97 mb = 905.08 m = 2969.39 ft T: 13.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 3.78 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1956.45 m = 6418.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.77 C = 67.58 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8487.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.63 mb = 1570.61 m = 5152.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.7 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 93.7 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -40.3 tot: -40.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.54 Bulk Shear: 13.77 m/s