MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.59,-113.39 Latitude: 50.59 Longitude: -113.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 506 2 900 980 SFC 896 1016 20.7 17.4 81 3.3 18.4 44 5 303.2 305.8 295.5 344.9 14.07 4 850 1476 19.9 8.3 47 11.7 12.7 76 8 307.0 308.5 292.2 331.5 8.08 5 800 1994 15.1 6.6 57 8.5 10.0 107 6 307.2 308.7 291.9 330.5 7.64 6 750 2536 9.8 5.4 74 4.4 7.2 113 6 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.1 7.51 7 700 3104 4.4 3.8 96 0.6 4.1 127 6 307.4 308.7 291.6 329.4 7.22 8 650 3703 0.1 -0.6 96 0.6 -0.3 173 9 309.0 310.1 290.7 326.5 5.66 9 600 4340 -3.9 -4.8 93 1.0 -4.3 239 6 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.7 4.46 10 550 5022 -7.9 -8.7 94 0.7 -8.2 256 7 314.7 315.4 290.6 326.3 3.61 11 500 5757 -12.5 -13.8 89 1.4 -12.9 213 7 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.5 2.63 12 450 6553 -18.0 -23.1 64 5.1 -19.3 206 8 320.6 320.8 290.3 325.1 1.32 13 400 7421 -24.5 -32.7 47 8.2 -25.9 230 15 323.1 323.3 290.4 325.3 0.61 14 350 8379 -31.8 -38.7 51 6.9 -32.6 222 25 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.39 15 300 9449 -40.8 -48.6 43 7.9 -41.3 218 35 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15 16 250 10660 -51.2 -58.4 42 7.2 -51.4 212 47 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 17 200 12089 -54.3 -67.4 18 13.1 -54.5 215 37 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13959 -48.8 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.5 203 22 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.01 19 100 16594 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 198 16 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.81 m Freezing level: 649.22 mb = 3712.92 m = 12181.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.11 mb = 3664.41 m = 12022.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.00 mb = 1435.06 m = 4708.14 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 19.19 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2713.38 m = 8902.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.38 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 40.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.03 mb = 2590.37 m = 8498.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.03 mb = 2871.56 m = 9421.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.03 mb = 11193.23 m = 36722.75 ft B at Equ Level: 950.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.03 mb = 13144.21 m = 43123.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.4 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 214.4 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 52.66 Bulk Shear: 18.41 m/s