MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 53.99,-109.84 Latitude: 53.99 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 76 1 950 521 SFC 938 628 19.2 15.4 79 3.8 16.7 175 5 297.7 299.9 292.3 332.0 11.81 3 900 986 17.7 11.2 66 6.5 13.6 160 16 299.7 301.4 290.9 327.0 9.29 4 850 1472 14.0 9.2 73 4.8 11.1 161 20 300.8 302.4 290.6 326.2 8.61 5 800 1980 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 148 19 302.0 303.5 290.8 326.8 8.34 6 750 2514 5.9 4.9 93 1.0 5.4 138 20 303.0 304.3 290.2 324.7 7.25 7 700 3076 3.2 2.8 97 0.4 3.0 140 19 306.0 307.3 290.7 326.4 6.71 8 650 3674 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.2 -0.3 142 20 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.5 5.73 9 600 4311 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 147 21 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.8 4.57 10 550 4992 -7.6 -8.5 93 0.9 -8.0 163 21 315.0 315.7 290.8 326.8 3.66 11 500 5729 -12.1 -13.3 91 1.2 -12.5 180 22 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.3 2.74 12 450 6528 -17.0 -18.7 87 1.7 -17.5 188 22 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.5 1.95 13 400 7401 -23.0 -25.4 81 2.4 -23.6 202 24 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.21 14 350 8363 -30.6 -34.3 70 3.6 -31.2 202 29 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.60 15 300 9436 -40.4 -44.8 62 4.4 -40.7 199 28 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.24 16 250 10653 -49.5 -54.1 59 4.5 -49.7 199 23 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.10 17 200 12080 -58.3 -61.6 65 3.3 -58.3 216 30 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 13921 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 223 17 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16558 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -52.0 219 13 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.09 m Freezing level: 652.13 mb = 3648.65 m = 11970.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.20 mb = 3622.09 m = 11883.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.27 % Est. max temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.12 mb = 1108.16 m = 3635.66 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.78 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2055.12 m = 6742.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.55 C = 74.38 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.20 mb = 1770.92 m = 5810.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.20 mb = 2347.94 m = 7703.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 535.20 mb = 5203.24 m = 17070.78 ft B at Equ Level: 47.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.20 mb = 7124.53 m = 23374.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.9 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 187.9 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -16.4 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.60 Bulk Shear: 8.54 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 53.99,-108.12 Latitude: 53.99 Longitude: -108.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 522 SFC 947 548 26.5 13.1 43 13.4 17.7 132 9 304.3 306.2 292.9 334.3 10.02 3 900 992 20.0 11.8 59 8.3 14.8 134 11 302.1 303.9 291.9 330.8 9.67 4 850 1481 15.1 10.6 74 4.5 12.3 135 12 302.0 303.7 291.7 330.0 9.47 5 800 1991 11.0 5.7 69 5.4 7.9 141 14 302.9 304.2 290.1 324.4 7.17 6 750 2526 7.8 -2.5 48 10.3 2.8 156 9 305.1 305.9 288.1 318.1 4.24 7 700 3091 4.0 -4.5 54 8.5 0.0 169 7 306.9 307.6 288.4 319.0 3.91 8 650 3689 -0.0 -5.3 68 5.3 -2.4 156 8 308.9 309.7 289.2 321.3 3.96 9 600 4326 -3.6 -7.0 77 3.4 -5.1 157 9 311.9 312.7 289.9 323.9 3.76 10 550 5008 -7.9 -9.6 87 1.7 -8.6 172 10 314.7 315.3 290.4 325.5 3.35 11 500 5742 -12.2 -16.5 71 4.2 -13.6 204 11 318.1 318.5 290.3 325.1 2.11 12 450 6542 -16.9 -19.3 82 2.3 -17.6 218 17 322.0 322.3 291.2 328.3 1.85 13 400 7414 -23.1 -26.8 72 3.7 -23.9 216 18 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.7 1.07 14 350 8378 -30.0 -34.0 68 4.1 -30.6 221 19 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.6 0.61 15 300 9454 -40.1 -43.8 67 3.8 -40.4 213 19 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.26 16 250 10669 -50.1 -55.3 54 5.2 -50.3 202 23 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.08 17 200 12095 -58.5 -62.7 58 4.2 -58.6 234 24 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 18 150 13932 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 229 20 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16563 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.9 218 15 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.84 m Freezing level: 650.38 mb = 3684.39 m = 12087.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.60 mb = 3095.55 m = 10155.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.04 mb = 2221.69 m = 7288.92 ft T: 9.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.17 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.76 mb = 2235.41 m = 7333.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.54 mb = 2079.02 m = 6820.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.54 mb = 2674.43 m = 8774.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.54 mb = 8244.35 m = 27048.07 ft B at Equ Level: 260.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.54 mb = 12206.12 m = 40045.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.9 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 195.9 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -5.0 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 61.83 Bulk Shear: 4.60 m/s