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: 53.58,-109.58 Latitude: 53.58 Longitude: -109.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 586 SFC 949 599 28.9 8.6 28 20.3 16.3 157 4 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.1 7.41 3 900 1061 23.7 7.2 34 16.6 13.7 157 5 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.4 7.08 4 850 1556 18.9 6.0 43 12.8 11.3 154 4 305.9 307.2 290.9 327.0 6.93 5 800 2071 13.9 5.1 55 8.8 8.8 151 4 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.0 6.91 6 750 2611 8.7 4.1 73 4.6 6.1 149 4 306.0 307.3 290.8 326.8 6.87 7 700 3176 3.8 -3.0 61 6.8 0.5 149 4 306.7 307.5 288.8 320.2 4.38 8 650 3776 2.4 -23.9 12 26.2 -5.6 318 4 311.6 311.8 286.9 314.5 0.85 9 600 4417 -1.3 -32.8 7 31.5 -8.9 336 3 314.6 314.7 287.4 316.0 0.40 10 550 5103 -6.4 -29.5 14 23.1 -12.1 313 3 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.6 0.60 11 500 5841 -11.0 -36.7 10 25.7 -16.0 279 4 319.6 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.33 12 450 6640 -16.8 -38.8 13 22.0 -20.4 239 5 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.30 13 400 7512 -23.6 -37.7 26 14.1 -25.7 209 8 324.3 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.37 14 350 8472 -31.2 -50.0 14 18.8 -32.8 189 17 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.11 15 300 9545 -39.9 -54.1 20 14.3 -40.6 176 28 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 16 250 10764 -48.6 -61.5 21 12.9 -48.9 180 26 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 12211 -52.5 -72.0 8 19.6 -52.8 228 17 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14059 -54.7 -80.9 3 26.2 -55.1 286 18 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16631 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 305 13 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.33 m Freezing level: 617.99 mb = 4186.59 m = 13735.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.97 mb = 3222.78 m = 10573.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.12 mb = 3116.35 m = 10224.11 ft T: 4.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3405.08 m = 11171.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 17.08 C K Index: 29.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6659.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.72 mb = 3132.67 m = 10277.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.4 at 3.8 knts Storm direction: 240.4 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -161.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 1.82 m/s