MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 53.41,-110.01 Latitude: 53.41 Longitude: -110.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 584 SFC 946 618 28.4 9.3 30 19.1 16.4 138 4 306.3 307.8 291.7 329.9 7.78 3 900 1060 23.9 6.9 33 17.0 13.6 141 5 306.1 307.4 290.9 327.1 6.92 4 850 1554 19.1 5.8 42 13.3 11.3 144 5 306.2 307.4 290.8 326.9 6.82 5 800 2070 14.0 4.9 54 9.2 8.8 147 6 306.1 307.4 290.8 326.7 6.79 6 750 2610 8.8 3.9 71 4.9 6.1 149 6 306.1 307.4 290.7 326.7 6.77 7 700 3176 4.8 -9.5 35 14.3 -1.2 194 2 307.8 308.3 287.5 316.2 2.65 8 650 3777 2.5 -23.7 12 26.3 -5.5 317 4 311.8 312.0 287.0 314.8 0.87 9 600 4418 -1.4 -32.9 7 31.5 -8.9 328 4 314.5 314.6 287.4 315.9 0.40 10 550 5104 -6.4 -33.0 10 26.6 -12.3 315 4 316.5 316.6 288.1 318.1 0.43 11 500 5842 -11.3 -36.0 11 24.7 -16.1 281 5 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.35 12 450 6641 -16.9 -39.9 12 23.0 -20.6 243 6 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.9 0.26 13 400 7512 -23.8 -39.7 22 16.0 -25.9 213 9 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.30 14 350 8470 -31.6 -48.2 18 16.5 -33.0 198 15 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.14 15 300 9541 -40.1 -57.0 15 16.9 -40.8 185 21 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 16 250 10762 -48.2 -64.6 13 16.4 -48.6 198 17 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 17 200 12211 -52.0 -73.0 6 21.1 -52.3 245 17 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14062 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 283 19 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16633 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 304 13 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.91 m Freezing level: 617.88 mb = 4189.07 m = 13743.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 3078.74 m = 10100.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.89 mb = 2991.71 m = 9815.21 ft T: 6.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 15.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.61 mb = 3781.67 m = 12406.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 21.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6850.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.59 mb = 3145.57 m = 10319.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 5.02 m/s