MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 50.96,-113.75 Latitude: 50.96 Longitude: -113.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 537 2 900 996 SFC 898 1017 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 239 3 295.3 297.1 290.2 324.9 10.31 4 850 1482 16.2 9.9 66 6.3 12.3 312 2 303.1 304.7 291.7 330.0 9.03 5 800 1995 12.7 7.1 69 5.5 9.4 289 7 304.6 306.1 291.3 328.5 7.95 6 750 2534 8.6 3.5 70 5.1 5.8 291 13 305.9 307.2 290.5 325.9 6.56 7 700 3100 4.2 -1.5 66 5.7 1.4 288 15 307.2 308.1 289.5 322.3 4.89 8 650 3698 0.0 -6.9 60 6.9 -3.0 278 18 309.0 309.6 288.7 320.0 3.50 9 600 4334 -4.2 -9.7 65 5.6 -6.4 274 19 311.3 311.8 289.0 321.0 3.04 10 550 5015 -8.4 -11.3 79 3.0 -9.5 274 18 314.2 314.7 289.9 323.6 2.93 11 500 5747 -13.4 -15.7 83 2.3 -14.2 263 15 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.1 2.25 12 450 6541 -18.8 -22.9 70 4.0 -19.8 234 15 319.6 319.8 290.0 324.2 1.35 13 400 7406 -25.1 -33.0 48 7.9 -26.4 201 16 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.5 0.59 14 350 8361 -32.6 -42.0 38 9.5 -33.5 201 18 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.27 15 300 9426 -42.0 -49.3 45 7.3 -42.4 197 19 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.14 16 250 10632 -51.8 -57.3 51 5.5 -52.0 182 22 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.07 17 200 12078 -48.4 -70.8 6 22.5 -48.9 199 21 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 13980 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 190 23 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.01 19 100 16608 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 194 14 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.11 m Freezing level: 649.94 mb = 3698.76 m = 12134.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.44 mb = 3281.27 m = 10765.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.77 % Est. max temperature: 23.55 C = 74.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.39 mb = 1077.87 m = 3536.29 ft T: 13.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2636.80 m = 8650.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 33.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.78 mb = 2113.08 m = 6932.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.78 mb = 3407.99 m = 11180.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.78 mb = 10031.18 m = 32910.29 ft B at Equ Level: 279.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.78 mb = 11646.07 m = 38208.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -8.8 tot: -3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.93 Bulk Shear: 17.59 m/s