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: 53.53,-109.38 Latitude: 53.53 Longitude: -109.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 586 SFC 948 602 28.8 8.7 28 20.2 16.3 154 4 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.2 7.44 3 900 1061 23.8 7.2 34 16.6 13.8 154 5 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.5 7.09 4 850 1556 18.9 6.1 43 12.8 11.3 152 4 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.1 6.96 5 800 2072 13.9 5.3 56 8.6 8.9 150 4 305.9 307.2 290.9 327.1 6.97 6 750 2611 8.7 4.3 74 4.4 6.2 148 4 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.1 6.95 7 700 3176 3.6 -2.2 66 5.8 0.8 148 3 306.5 307.4 289.0 320.9 4.66 8 650 3776 2.2 -23.8 13 26.0 -5.6 322 4 311.5 311.6 286.9 314.4 0.86 9 600 4417 -1.3 -32.7 7 31.4 -8.9 336 3 314.6 314.6 287.4 316.0 0.41 10 550 5103 -6.3 -29.8 14 23.4 -12.0 315 2 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.7 0.59 11 500 5841 -11.0 -36.7 10 25.7 -16.0 280 4 319.6 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.33 12 450 6641 -16.8 -39.8 12 23.1 -20.4 237 5 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.2 0.27 13 400 7512 -23.6 -39.9 21 16.3 -25.8 205 7 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.30 14 350 8473 -31.0 -50.5 13 19.4 -32.6 186 18 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.11 15 300 9546 -39.8 -52.6 24 12.8 -40.5 175 27 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.10 16 250 10766 -48.6 -60.6 24 12.0 -49.0 178 27 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 12212 -52.6 -72.2 8 19.6 -52.9 225 17 349.4 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14059 -54.7 -80.9 3 26.1 -55.1 286 18 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16631 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 306 13 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.77 m Freezing level: 618.75 mb = 4176.65 m = 13702.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.91 mb = 3247.01 m = 10652.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.70 mb = 3109.86 m = 10202.83 ft T: 4.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.39 mb = 3171.78 m = 10405.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.95 C Cross Totals Index: 17.14 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6600.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.92 mb = 3130.63 m = 10270.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 3.6 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 2.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.30 Bulk Shear: 2.02 m/s