MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 53.95,-110.41 Latitude: 53.95 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 1 950 595 SFC 947 628 27.8 12.0 37 15.9 17.5 153 3 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.8 9.32 3 900 1069 22.1 9.9 46 12.3 14.5 151 4 304.3 305.9 291.7 329.9 8.52 4 850 1561 17.4 8.5 56 8.9 12.0 149 5 304.3 305.8 291.4 329.0 8.22 5 800 2074 12.6 5.2 60 7.4 8.3 141 5 304.6 305.9 290.4 325.5 6.93 6 750 2611 7.5 4.1 79 3.4 5.6 143 4 304.7 306.0 290.4 325.5 6.87 7 700 3175 3.5 -8.7 40 12.2 -1.7 111 3 306.3 306.9 287.2 315.2 2.83 8 650 3773 1.8 -22.2 15 23.9 -5.7 10 1 311.0 311.1 286.8 314.3 1.00 9 600 4414 -1.8 -32.2 8 30.4 -9.1 349 3 314.1 314.1 287.3 315.6 0.43 10 550 5098 -6.9 -29.3 15 22.5 -12.3 350 2 315.9 316.1 288.1 318.1 0.61 11 500 5835 -11.5 -35.3 12 23.8 -16.2 7 1 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.4 0.38 12 450 6634 -17.2 -40.2 12 22.9 -20.8 167 2 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.5 0.26 13 400 7504 -23.7 -38.9 23 15.2 -25.9 177 7 324.2 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.33 14 350 8463 -31.4 -48.5 17 17.0 -32.9 162 15 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.13 15 300 9535 -39.9 -52.8 24 12.9 -40.6 154 30 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.10 16 250 10754 -49.3 -57.7 37 8.4 -49.6 152 36 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12195 -53.5 -69.6 12 16.1 -53.8 175 14 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14041 -54.6 -82.3 2 27.7 -55.0 285 10 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16616 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 330 12 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.47 m Freezing level: 625.18 mb = 4091.37 m = 13422.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.56 mb = 3041.06 m = 9977.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.30 mb = 2607.94 m = 8556.15 ft T: 7.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 19.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2641.10 m = 8664.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.41 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 25.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.00 mb = 2622.11 m = 8602.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.00 mb = 2676.83 m = 8782.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 664.00 mb = 3601.28 m = 11815.07 ft B at Equ Level: 24.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.00 mb = 11181.18 m = 36683.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.0 at 2.8 knts Storm direction: 154.0 at 2.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -157.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -4.0 tot: -4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 327.96 Bulk Shear: 0.43 m/s