MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.33,-109.97 Latitude: 53.33 Longitude: -109.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 530 SFC 939 630 19.2 18.5 95 0.8 18.7 279 4 297.7 300.3 294.1 339.4 14.39 3 900 997 18.7 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 137 6 300.8 303.2 294.3 339.8 13.28 4 850 1487 16.1 13.8 87 2.2 14.6 122 20 303.0 305.1 293.8 337.9 11.78 5 800 2000 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 116 23 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.5 10.45 6 750 2538 8.6 7.3 92 1.3 7.8 113 26 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.8 8.60 7 700 3106 4.7 2.3 85 2.3 3.4 115 27 307.6 308.9 291.0 327.5 6.48 8 650 3706 1.0 -0.1 92 1.1 0.4 126 27 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.2 5.86 9 600 4346 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 134 29 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.22 10 550 5035 -4.5 -5.2 95 0.7 -4.9 141 30 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.9 4.71 11 500 5780 -8.9 -10.1 91 1.2 -9.4 149 29 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.9 3.54 12 450 6589 -13.9 -15.5 88 1.6 -14.5 155 28 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.4 2.54 13 400 7473 -19.8 -21.9 83 2.2 -20.4 162 25 329.3 329.6 293.1 335.1 1.65 14 350 8449 -27.3 -30.0 78 2.7 -27.8 160 20 332.0 332.1 293.1 335.3 0.91 15 300 9537 -37.3 -40.2 74 2.9 -37.5 146 18 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10766 -48.1 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.2 140 18 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12200 -56.4 -63.9 38 7.5 -56.5 167 23 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14057 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 218 15 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 233 6 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.28 m Freezing level: 634.33 mb = 3906.75 m = 12817.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3798.80 m = 12463.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.74 mb = 725.60 m = 2380.55 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1633.68 m = 5359.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.79 C = 76.62 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 750.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.59 mb = 1350.62 m = 4431.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.59 mb = 1909.31 m = 6264.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.59 mb = 11628.75 m = 38151.59 ft B at Equ Level: 738.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.59 mb = 13697.07 m = 44937.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.2 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 162.2 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.5 neg: -6.6 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 14.46 Bulk Shear: 51.91 m/s