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: 53.64,-109.01 Latitude: 53.64 Longitude: -109.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 586 SFC 943 651 28.2 9.8 32 18.4 16.6 147 3 306.4 307.9 292.0 330.9 8.09 3 900 1062 23.8 8.0 36 15.8 14.1 150 4 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.8 7.51 4 850 1556 18.9 6.9 46 12.0 11.7 152 4 305.9 307.3 291.2 328.2 7.36 5 800 2072 14.0 6.0 59 8.0 9.3 153 3 306.0 307.4 291.2 328.2 7.33 6 750 2612 8.6 5.1 79 3.5 6.6 155 3 306.0 307.3 291.2 328.3 7.38 7 700 3177 3.5 0.7 82 2.8 2.0 191 2 306.4 307.4 289.9 323.9 5.75 8 650 3775 1.6 -17.8 22 19.4 -5.1 331 3 310.7 311.0 287.2 315.5 1.44 9 600 4417 -1.2 -32.8 7 31.5 -8.8 332 4 314.7 314.8 287.5 316.1 0.41 10 550 5102 -6.2 -29.4 14 23.2 -11.9 320 3 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.9 0.61 11 500 5840 -10.9 -35.1 12 24.1 -15.8 277 3 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.1 0.39 12 450 6640 -16.6 -42.2 9 25.5 -20.5 224 4 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.21 13 400 7513 -23.2 -45.2 11 22.1 -25.8 193 8 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.5 0.17 14 350 8475 -30.6 -46.3 20 15.8 -32.0 181 20 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 15 300 9549 -39.7 -49.0 36 9.3 -40.2 174 27 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.15 16 250 10770 -48.7 -58.4 32 9.6 -49.0 174 32 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.06 17 200 12213 -53.3 -69.8 12 16.5 -53.6 214 18 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14057 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 287 17 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16629 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 308 14 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.70 m Freezing level: 622.07 mb = 4133.43 m = 13560.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.87 mb = 3341.76 m = 10963.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.69 mb = 2938.56 m = 9640.83 ft T: 5.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.91 mb = 3039.00 m = 9970.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.81 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.98 mb = 3015.21 m = 9892.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.98 mb = 3072.83 m = 10081.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 678.98 mb = 3423.10 m = 11230.50 ft B at Equ Level: 6.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 648.98 mb = 3787.30 m = 12425.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.29 Bulk Shear: 2.97 m/s