MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.21,-109.61 Latitude: 53.21 Longitude: -109.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 532 SFC 941 614 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 56 3 296.9 299.4 293.8 337.9 14.20 3 900 996 15.9 15.4 97 0.5 15.5 109 12 297.9 300.1 292.7 333.6 12.33 4 850 1481 14.2 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 134 20 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.8 10.46 5 800 1991 11.3 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 134 21 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.6 9.18 6 750 2528 8.2 6.6 90 1.6 7.3 131 22 305.5 307.0 291.7 330.1 8.18 7 700 3096 5.1 3.9 92 1.2 4.4 130 22 308.1 309.5 291.8 330.3 7.26 8 650 3699 1.9 1.1 95 0.7 1.5 129 22 311.1 312.3 292.0 330.9 6.41 9 600 4341 -1.4 -1.9 97 0.4 -1.7 126 25 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.0 5.57 10 550 5029 -5.5 -6.1 95 0.6 -5.8 129 26 317.6 318.5 292.2 331.8 4.41 11 500 5772 -9.6 -10.7 92 1.1 -10.0 135 25 321.4 322.0 292.4 332.6 3.39 12 450 6579 -14.5 -17.2 80 2.6 -15.4 138 26 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.5 2.21 13 400 7460 -20.7 -26.1 62 5.4 -22.0 141 27 328.0 328.3 292.3 332.1 1.13 14 350 8433 -27.6 -35.8 45 8.3 -28.9 160 24 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.5 0.51 15 300 9522 -36.8 -43.6 49 6.9 -37.4 149 23 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.6 0.27 16 250 10753 -48.3 -53.1 57 4.8 -48.5 122 22 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.11 17 200 12185 -55.4 -67.4 21 12.0 -55.6 149 24 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 14045 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 199 14 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 248 3 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.04 m Freezing level: 621.87 mb = 4059.83 m = 13319.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.54 mb = 3993.42 m = 13101.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.94 mb = 651.37 m = 2137.02 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 7.72 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1486.86 m = 4878.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.71 C = 72.87 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 34.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.65 mb = 1209.30 m = 3967.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.65 mb = 2280.64 m = 7482.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 472.65 mb = 6202.74 m = 20349.95 ft B at Equ Level: 83.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.65 mb = 9689.34 m = 31788.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 160.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 72.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 28.46 m/s