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: 53.67,-108.48 Latitude: 53.67 Longitude: -108.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 588 SFC 939 693 26.9 11.0 37 15.9 16.7 121 3 305.5 307.2 292.3 332.0 8.80 3 900 1063 23.5 8.5 38 14.9 14.3 130 3 305.7 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.77 4 850 1557 18.7 7.4 48 11.2 11.9 138 3 305.7 307.1 291.4 328.8 7.64 5 800 2073 13.6 6.6 62 7.1 9.5 145 3 305.7 307.1 291.4 328.8 7.65 6 750 2612 8.5 5.6 82 2.9 6.8 153 3 305.8 307.2 291.3 328.8 7.61 7 700 3177 3.3 1.1 86 2.2 2.1 251 2 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.2 5.93 8 650 3774 1.3 -17.3 24 18.6 -5.1 336 4 310.5 310.7 287.2 315.4 1.52 9 600 4416 -1.5 -28.2 11 26.7 -8.6 330 5 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.6 0.63 10 550 5101 -5.9 -27.3 17 21.4 -11.5 327 4 317.1 317.2 288.6 319.7 0.74 11 500 5840 -11.0 -29.5 20 18.5 -15.3 278 3 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.9 0.66 12 450 6641 -16.4 -41.0 10 24.6 -20.3 212 3 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.5 0.24 13 400 7514 -22.7 -45.5 11 22.8 -25.4 183 9 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.16 14 350 8478 -30.4 -40.8 36 10.3 -31.6 177 19 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 15 300 9553 -39.3 -48.4 38 9.1 -39.9 171 29 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 16 250 10776 -48.7 -56.6 39 7.9 -48.9 171 38 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12216 -54.2 -69.9 13 15.7 -54.4 204 19 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14056 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 288 16 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16626 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 311 15 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.10 m Freezing level: 626.37 mb = 4077.15 m = 13376.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.35 mb = 3347.55 m = 10982.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.21 mb = 2686.47 m = 8813.78 ft T: 7.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.37 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.58 mb = 2928.48 m = 9607.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.89 mb = 2891.03 m = 9484.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.89 mb = 3062.37 m = 10047.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 659.89 mb = 3652.22 m = 11982.19 ft B at Equ Level: 9.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 619.89 mb = 4154.25 m = 13629.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.4 at 3.5 knts Storm direction: 324.4 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -167.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 5.78 m/s