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: 53.13,-110.47 Latitude: 53.13 Longitude: -110.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 534 SFC 936 660 20.3 17.6 85 2.6 18.5 199 6 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.9 13.69 3 900 1002 19.0 15.7 81 3.3 16.8 209 8 301.0 303.3 293.8 337.9 12.53 4 850 1491 15.5 12.9 85 2.6 13.8 121 16 302.4 304.4 293.1 335.2 11.09 5 800 2003 11.7 9.2 85 2.5 10.2 104 17 303.7 305.4 292.0 331.1 9.20 6 750 2539 7.5 4.0 78 3.5 5.5 96 20 304.7 306.0 290.3 325.2 6.79 7 700 3103 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 100 21 305.9 306.9 289.5 322.5 5.43 8 650 3700 0.0 -0.6 96 0.6 -0.3 114 23 309.0 310.1 290.7 326.4 5.65 9 600 4339 -2.3 -2.9 96 0.6 -2.6 124 25 313.5 314.5 291.6 329.8 5.17 10 550 5029 -4.8 -5.6 94 0.8 -5.2 131 24 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.2 4.57 11 500 5773 -9.1 -10.3 91 1.2 -9.6 142 23 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.5 3.49 12 450 6581 -14.1 -15.7 88 1.6 -14.7 153 25 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.0 2.50 13 400 7464 -20.3 -22.4 83 2.1 -20.8 162 25 328.6 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.58 14 350 8438 -27.7 -30.3 78 2.7 -28.2 166 21 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.88 15 300 9526 -36.8 -39.9 73 3.1 -37.2 161 16 333.5 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.40 16 250 10757 -48.7 -52.1 68 3.4 -48.8 151 15 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12185 -54.9 -68.1 18 13.2 -55.2 163 24 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14047 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 192 15 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 239 8 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.49 m Freezing level: 649.47 mb = 3706.89 m = 12161.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.04 mb = 3601.19 m = 11814.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.80 % Est. max temperature: 25.13 C = 77.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.91 mb = 993.37 m = 3259.06 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.55 C/km ThetaE index: 16.41 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1713.08 m = 5620.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.16 C = 75.48 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.65 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 530.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.55 mb = 1505.41 m = 4938.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.55 mb = 1965.50 m = 6448.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.55 mb = 11192.46 m = 36720.21 ft B at Equ Level: 522.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.55 mb = 13103.49 m = 42989.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.2 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 155.2 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.1 neg: -13.8 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.90 Bulk Shear: 53.53 m/s