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: 52.90,-109.64 Latitude: 52.90 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 1 950 536 SFC 938 643 19.2 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 293 1 297.7 300.5 294.6 341.0 14.93 3 900 1001 17.0 16.0 94 1.0 16.4 141 11 299.1 301.4 293.4 336.5 12.83 4 850 1488 14.7 12.7 88 2.0 13.4 135 22 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.7 10.91 5 800 1999 11.6 9.8 88 1.8 10.5 135 27 303.6 305.3 292.3 332.0 9.55 6 750 2536 8.2 6.8 91 1.4 7.3 137 29 305.5 307.0 291.8 330.4 8.28 7 700 3103 4.6 3.2 91 1.4 3.9 143 27 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.7 6.92 8 650 3704 1.1 0.2 93 0.9 0.6 151 26 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.7 5.96 9 600 4343 -2.4 -3.2 94 0.8 -2.9 160 26 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.1 5.02 10 550 5032 -4.9 -5.4 96 0.6 -5.1 170 27 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.3 4.65 11 500 5776 -9.0 -10.2 91 1.2 -9.5 170 26 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.8 3.53 12 450 6585 -14.1 -16.7 80 2.6 -15.0 175 25 325.5 326.0 292.6 333.4 2.30 13 400 7467 -20.4 -24.2 71 3.8 -21.4 178 21 328.5 328.7 292.6 333.2 1.35 14 350 8441 -27.7 -32.4 64 4.7 -28.5 178 17 331.4 331.6 292.8 334.1 0.72 15 300 9529 -37.2 -41.6 64 4.4 -37.7 170 15 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.33 16 250 10758 -48.7 -52.8 62 4.1 -48.8 145 15 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 17 200 12190 -54.9 -67.5 20 12.6 -55.1 163 24 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14050 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 197 12 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 256 6 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.73 m Freezing level: 634.49 mb = 3902.27 m = 12802.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.24 mb = 3812.34 m = 12507.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.96 mb = 664.36 m = 2179.62 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1476.11 m = 4842.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.87 C = 73.17 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 375.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.20 mb = 1268.19 m = 4160.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.20 mb = 1923.22 m = 6309.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.20 mb = 11095.11 m = 36400.84 ft B at Equ Level: 368.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.20 mb = 12617.19 m = 41394.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.1 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 184.1 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.6 neg: -14.1 tot: 89.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 37.07 m/s