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: 52.93,-109.88 Latitude: 52.93 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 93 1 950 538 SFC 939 635 19.3 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 178 1 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.0 14.92 3 900 1003 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 133 10 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.4 12.64 4 850 1488 13.9 12.6 92 1.3 13.1 126 20 300.7 302.7 292.4 332.7 10.85 5 800 1998 11.1 9.6 91 1.4 10.2 128 24 302.9 304.7 292.0 331.0 9.45 6 750 2535 7.9 6.9 93 1.0 7.3 131 26 305.2 306.7 291.8 330.3 8.35 7 700 3101 4.7 3.9 94 0.8 4.2 137 27 307.7 309.1 291.6 329.8 7.24 8 650 3702 0.7 0.2 96 0.6 0.4 142 27 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.3 5.97 9 600 4341 -2.4 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 151 27 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.5 5.13 10 550 5030 -4.9 -5.5 95 0.6 -5.1 159 27 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.2 4.62 11 500 5775 -8.8 -10.0 91 1.1 -9.3 163 26 322.3 323.0 292.8 334.1 3.59 12 450 6584 -13.8 -15.7 85 1.9 -14.5 166 24 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.4 2.50 13 400 7467 -20.2 -22.8 80 2.6 -20.9 171 21 328.7 329.0 292.8 334.1 1.53 14 350 8442 -27.5 -30.5 75 3.0 -28.0 173 17 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.86 15 300 9530 -37.0 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.3 174 13 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.38 16 250 10760 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.8 144 13 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12190 -54.9 -67.7 19 12.8 -55.2 160 23 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14051 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 195 13 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16659 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 251 6 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.89 m Freezing level: 638.29 mb = 3851.71 m = 12636.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.08 mb = 3787.44 m = 12425.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.20 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.00 mb = 665.94 m = 2184.80 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1293.45 m = 4243.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.41 C = 70.54 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 221.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.98 mb = 1213.19 m = 3980.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.98 mb = 1558.11 m = 5111.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.98 mb = 6365.67 m = 20884.47 ft B at Equ Level: 198.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.98 mb = 12095.17 m = 39681.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.4 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 176.4 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 6.04 Bulk Shear: 36.74 m/s