MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.88,-113.97 Latitude: 50.88 Longitude: -113.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 521 2 900 990 SFC 892 1069 17.3 14.4 83 2.9 15.4 15 8 300.1 302.2 292.9 334.3 11.66 4 850 1480 17.3 8.9 58 8.4 12.1 22 14 304.3 305.8 291.6 329.6 8.44 5 800 1996 14.7 6.3 57 8.3 9.7 145 1 306.8 308.2 291.6 329.6 7.51 6 750 2538 10.0 4.1 66 6.0 6.6 219 8 307.5 308.8 291.3 328.4 6.84 7 700 3106 4.6 2.2 84 2.5 3.3 228 11 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.2 6.40 8 650 3705 -0.3 -1.3 93 1.0 -0.7 255 14 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.3 5.37 9 600 4341 -4.6 -6.1 89 1.5 -5.3 251 18 310.8 311.6 289.8 323.5 4.03 10 550 5020 -8.9 -13.3 71 4.3 -10.5 246 21 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.6 2.50 11 500 5751 -13.7 -23.3 44 9.6 -16.2 231 20 316.4 316.6 288.9 320.4 1.17 12 450 6543 -18.8 -27.8 45 8.9 -20.8 215 18 319.6 319.7 289.5 322.6 0.87 13 400 7409 -25.2 -38.8 27 13.6 -27.0 202 16 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.33 14 350 8364 -32.5 -48.4 19 15.8 -33.8 218 16 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.14 15 300 9430 -41.8 -47.9 52 6.0 -42.2 225 32 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 16 250 10638 -50.8 -59.8 34 8.9 -51.1 219 49 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.05 17 200 12074 -52.9 -69.5 12 16.6 -53.2 205 24 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13953 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.4 200 19 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16597 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 185 11 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.99 m Freezing level: 652.55 mb = 3674.16 m = 12054.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.18 mb = 3591.51 m = 11783.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.13 % Est. max temperature: 24.45 C = 76.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.74 mb = 1432.78 m = 4700.65 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.78 mb = 2853.62 m = 9362.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.13 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.85 mb = 2472.35 m = 8111.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.85 mb = 3212.38 m = 10539.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.85 mb = 10615.17 m = 34826.25 ft B at Equ Level: 588.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.85 mb = 12379.92 m = 40616.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.1 neg: -11.3 tot: 103.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 7.35 Bulk Shear: 81.10 m/s