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,-109.84 Latitude: 52.87 Longitude: -109.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 537 SFC 939 635 19.3 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 2 0 297.8 300.5 294.6 341.0 14.91 3 900 1001 16.7 15.7 94 0.9 16.0 132 8 298.7 301.0 293.1 335.3 12.56 4 850 1487 14.2 12.7 90 1.5 13.3 130 19 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.2 10.90 5 800 1998 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 132 24 303.1 304.9 292.0 331.2 9.43 6 750 2535 8.1 6.7 91 1.3 7.3 135 26 305.4 306.9 291.7 330.2 8.26 7 700 3101 4.7 3.3 91 1.4 3.9 141 26 307.7 309.0 291.4 328.9 6.96 8 650 3702 0.9 -0.0 94 0.9 0.4 149 25 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.2 5.88 9 600 4341 -2.5 -3.1 95 0.6 -2.8 159 26 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.2 5.06 10 550 5030 -4.8 -5.3 96 0.5 -5.0 168 27 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.6 4.70 11 500 5775 -8.9 -10.1 91 1.2 -9.4 171 26 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.9 3.54 12 450 6584 -13.9 -16.5 81 2.6 -14.8 175 24 325.7 326.2 292.7 333.7 2.33 13 400 7466 -20.3 -23.6 75 3.2 -21.2 178 21 328.6 328.8 292.7 333.6 1.43 14 350 8440 -27.6 -31.2 72 3.5 -28.3 177 16 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.5 0.81 15 300 9528 -37.1 -40.6 70 3.5 -37.5 172 13 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.37 16 250 10757 -48.7 -52.2 66 3.6 -48.8 139 14 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12188 -54.8 -67.7 19 12.9 -55.1 161 24 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14050 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 195 13 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16658 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 251 6 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.06 m Freezing level: 637.05 mb = 3867.47 m = 12688.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.13 mb = 3774.29 m = 12382.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.24 mb = 671.53 m = 2203.15 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1367.10 m = 4485.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.96 C = 71.54 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.52 mb = 1235.83 m = 4054.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.52 mb = 1784.42 m = 5854.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.52 mb = 11005.18 m = 36105.80 ft B at Equ Level: 245.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.52 mb = 12502.48 m = 41018.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.8 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 182.8 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 5.93 Bulk Shear: 42.57 m/s