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,-109.88 Latitude: 52.90 Longitude: -109.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 537 SFC 939 634 19.3 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 149 0 297.8 300.5 294.6 341.0 14.93 3 900 1002 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.0 131 9 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.3 12.61 4 850 1488 14.0 12.7 92 1.3 13.1 127 20 300.8 302.8 292.5 332.9 10.90 5 800 1998 11.1 9.7 91 1.4 10.2 130 24 303.0 304.8 292.0 331.2 9.47 6 750 2534 8.0 6.9 93 1.1 7.3 133 26 305.2 306.8 291.8 330.4 8.35 7 700 3101 4.7 3.7 94 0.9 4.2 138 26 307.7 309.0 291.6 329.6 7.17 8 650 3702 0.8 0.1 95 0.7 0.4 145 26 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.2 5.93 9 600 4341 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.6 -2.7 154 26 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.4 5.11 10 550 5030 -4.8 -5.4 96 0.6 -5.1 163 27 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.5 4.67 11 500 5774 -8.8 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.3 166 26 322.3 323.0 292.8 334.1 3.59 12 450 6584 -13.9 -15.9 84 2.1 -14.6 170 24 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.2 2.46 13 400 7466 -20.3 -23.0 79 2.8 -21.0 174 21 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.9 1.50 14 350 8441 -27.6 -30.7 74 3.2 -28.2 176 16 331.6 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.84 15 300 9529 -37.0 -40.3 71 3.3 -37.4 174 12 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10758 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.8 140 13 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12189 -54.8 -67.9 18 13.0 -55.1 160 24 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14051 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 195 13 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16658 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 251 6 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.25 m Freezing level: 637.92 mb = 3856.18 m = 12651.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.21 mb = 3785.59 m = 12419.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.83 mb = 666.83 m = 2187.73 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1304.29 m = 4279.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.73 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 239.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.68 mb = 1215.43 m = 3987.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.68 mb = 1560.51 m = 5119.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 452.68 mb = 6538.14 m = 21450.34 ft B at Equ Level: 200.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.68 mb = 12430.07 m = 40780.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 179.0 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 5.87 Bulk Shear: 40.76 m/s