MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.87,-109.51 Latitude: 52.87 Longitude: -109.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 535 SFC 938 644 19.2 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 322 1 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.0 14.91 3 900 1000 17.5 16.1 91 1.4 16.5 143 13 299.5 301.9 293.6 337.1 12.85 4 850 1488 15.2 12.7 85 2.5 13.6 137 23 302.0 304.1 292.9 334.3 10.92 5 800 1999 11.8 9.5 85 2.4 10.4 136 28 303.8 305.5 292.2 331.7 9.35 6 750 2537 8.3 6.4 88 1.9 7.2 138 29 305.5 307.0 291.7 329.9 8.07 7 700 3104 4.8 2.8 87 2.0 3.7 146 27 307.8 309.1 291.2 328.3 6.70 8 650 3705 1.3 -0.3 90 1.5 0.5 157 25 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.3 5.79 9 600 4345 -2.3 -3.5 92 1.2 -2.9 166 26 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.0 4.93 10 550 5034 -4.8 -5.3 97 0.5 -5.0 176 27 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.5 4.70 11 500 5778 -9.1 -10.4 90 1.3 -9.6 173 25 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.4 3.46 12 450 6587 -14.2 -17.1 79 2.9 -15.2 177 24 325.4 325.8 292.5 333.0 2.23 13 400 7468 -20.5 -25.0 67 4.5 -21.6 180 20 328.4 328.6 292.5 332.8 1.26 14 350 8442 -27.7 -33.8 56 6.0 -28.7 179 16 331.3 331.5 292.7 333.7 0.63 15 300 9529 -37.2 -42.7 57 5.5 -37.7 168 15 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.30 16 250 10758 -48.6 -53.1 59 4.5 -48.8 146 16 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12191 -55.2 -66.7 23 11.5 -55.4 163 24 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14050 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 198 11 381.2 381.2 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16656 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 258 6 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.52 m Freezing level: 632.37 mb = 3930.95 m = 12896.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3794.21 m = 12448.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.23 mb = 660.90 m = 2168.28 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 12.68 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1587.48 m = 5208.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.76 C = 74.76 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 34.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 447.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.30 mb = 1316.06 m = 4317.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.30 mb = 1975.25 m = 6480.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.30 mb = 11229.56 m = 36841.94 ft B at Equ Level: 436.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.30 mb = 12789.45 m = 41959.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.2 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 187.2 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.4 neg: -24.4 tot: 81.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 13.23 Bulk Shear: 33.81 m/s