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: 53.61,-109.31 Latitude: 53.61 Longitude: -109.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 946 622 28.6 8.9 29 19.8 16.3 154 4 306.6 308.0 291.6 329.6 7.57 3 900 1061 23.9 7.3 35 16.5 13.8 156 4 306.1 307.4 291.1 327.8 7.15 4 850 1556 19.0 6.4 44 12.7 11.5 155 4 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.6 7.09 5 800 2072 14.0 5.5 57 8.5 9.0 154 4 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.5 7.07 6 750 2611 8.7 4.5 75 4.2 6.3 153 3 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.4 7.04 7 700 3177 3.5 0.4 80 3.0 1.9 158 3 306.4 307.4 289.9 323.6 5.65 8 650 3775 2.0 -21.1 16 23.1 -5.4 326 3 311.2 311.4 287.1 314.9 1.09 9 600 4417 -1.3 -32.8 7 31.5 -8.9 335 3 314.6 314.7 287.4 316.0 0.40 10 550 5103 -6.3 -29.3 14 23.0 -12.0 314 2 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.7 0.61 11 500 5840 -11.0 -36.6 10 25.6 -16.0 278 4 319.6 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.33 12 450 6640 -16.8 -40.6 11 23.8 -20.5 234 5 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.25 13 400 7512 -23.5 -41.4 18 17.9 -25.8 202 8 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.25 14 350 8473 -30.9 -50.2 13 19.3 -32.4 184 19 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.11 15 300 9547 -39.8 -51.2 29 11.4 -40.4 175 27 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.12 16 250 10767 -48.7 -59.8 27 11.1 -49.0 177 29 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.05 17 200 12212 -52.8 -71.8 8 19.0 -53.1 221 17 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14058 -54.7 -80.7 3 25.9 -55.1 286 18 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16630 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 306 13 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.72 m Freezing level: 619.74 mb = 4163.69 m = 13660.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.96 mb = 3328.66 m = 10920.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.26 mb = 3080.64 m = 10106.95 ft T: 4.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.91 mb = 3131.24 m = 10272.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 17.40 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6321.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.27 mb = 3115.38 m = 10220.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 3.4 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.90 Bulk Shear: 2.08 m/s