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: 53.50,-109.64 Latitude: 53.50 Longitude: -109.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 533 SFC 944 589 19.0 18.6 97 0.4 18.7 191 3 297.0 299.6 294.0 338.6 14.40 3 900 998 17.1 16.2 95 0.8 16.5 180 6 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.0 13.01 4 850 1484 14.0 13.8 99 0.2 13.9 133 15 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.75 5 800 1995 11.5 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 115 23 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.3 10.39 6 750 2533 8.3 7.9 97 0.4 8.0 110 26 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.6 8.96 7 700 3100 5.1 4.4 95 0.7 4.7 114 26 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.2 7.52 8 650 3702 1.3 0.8 96 0.5 1.1 120 27 310.5 311.7 291.7 329.9 6.25 9 600 4344 -1.6 -2.1 97 0.4 -1.9 124 30 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.6 5.49 10 550 5033 -4.8 -5.5 95 0.6 -5.1 131 33 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.3 4.63 11 500 5776 -9.2 -10.3 92 1.1 -9.7 135 34 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.3 3.49 12 450 6584 -14.5 -16.0 89 1.5 -15.0 136 32 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.3 2.44 13 400 7466 -20.2 -22.0 85 1.9 -20.7 143 30 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.5 1.64 14 350 8439 -28.0 -31.3 74 3.2 -28.6 160 25 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.9 0.80 15 300 9527 -36.9 -43.6 50 6.7 -37.5 154 22 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 16 250 10759 -48.1 -51.8 65 3.7 -48.3 124 21 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12190 -55.7 -66.2 26 10.5 -55.9 151 25 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14047 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 201 14 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16659 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 252 4 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.71 m Freezing level: 627.45 mb = 3991.56 m = 13095.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.66 mb = 3931.59 m = 12898.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.99 mb = 642.94 m = 2109.34 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1213.13 m = 3980.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.80 C = 71.24 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.96 mb = 1131.96 m = 3713.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.96 mb = 1375.36 m = 4512.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.96 mb = 10994.89 m = 36072.05 ft B at Equ Level: 434.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.96 mb = 12835.90 m = 42112.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.2 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 156.2 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.5 neg: -5.4 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 6.17 Bulk Shear: 70.50 m/s