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: 53.36,-109.61 Latitude: 53.36 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 92 1 950 534 SFC 943 596 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 161 2 297.1 299.7 294.1 339.0 14.52 3 900 998 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 140 8 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.5 12.84 4 850 1483 13.6 13.0 96 0.6 13.3 131 19 300.4 302.4 292.6 333.2 11.18 5 800 1993 11.2 10.7 97 0.5 10.9 123 22 303.1 304.9 292.6 333.2 10.15 6 750 2530 8.3 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 118 25 305.6 307.2 292.4 332.6 8.97 7 700 3098 5.2 5.0 98 0.2 5.1 119 26 308.3 309.7 292.3 332.1 7.83 8 650 3701 1.7 1.6 99 0.1 1.7 122 26 310.9 312.2 292.1 331.4 6.62 9 600 4343 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.5 125 28 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.5 5.67 10 550 5032 -5.1 -5.8 95 0.7 -5.5 129 31 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.5 4.51 11 500 5775 -9.5 -10.6 92 1.1 -9.9 133 30 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.8 3.42 12 450 6583 -14.5 -16.1 88 1.6 -15.1 135 31 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.2 2.42 13 400 7464 -20.2 -22.6 81 2.4 -20.9 139 30 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.55 14 350 8438 -28.0 -31.9 69 3.9 -28.7 160 25 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.8 0.75 15 300 9525 -36.9 -42.2 58 5.3 -37.4 153 23 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.6 0.31 16 250 10757 -48.2 -52.3 62 4.1 -48.4 122 21 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12189 -55.6 -66.9 23 11.3 -55.8 149 24 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14047 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 200 14 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16659 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 251 4 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.12 m Freezing level: 621.59 mb = 4065.65 m = 13338.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.52 mb = 4034.46 m = 13236.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.03 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.39 mb = 630.51 m = 2068.58 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 5.82 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1109.10 m = 3638.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.60 C = 69.08 F Cap Strength: -0.00 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 224.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.63 mb = 1105.77 m = 3627.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.63 mb = 1153.64 m = 3784.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.63 mb = 10922.32 m = 35833.95 ft B at Equ Level: 218.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.63 mb = 12397.80 m = 40674.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.0 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 157.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.51 Bulk Shear: 49.75 m/s