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: 53.75,-108.95 Latitude: 53.75 Longitude: -108.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 943 654 28.1 10.2 33 17.9 16.7 136 3 306.4 307.9 292.1 331.4 8.29 3 900 1061 23.8 8.1 36 15.8 14.2 143 3 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.9 7.53 4 850 1556 18.9 7.3 47 11.6 12.0 149 3 306.0 307.4 291.4 329.0 7.59 5 800 2072 14.0 6.3 60 7.7 9.5 155 3 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.7 7.50 6 750 2612 8.7 5.3 79 3.4 6.7 158 3 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.6 7.47 7 700 3178 3.5 1.7 88 1.7 2.5 210 3 306.4 307.5 290.3 325.3 6.21 8 650 3775 1.3 -15.7 27 16.9 -4.8 330 3 310.4 310.7 287.5 316.1 1.74 9 600 4417 -1.3 -30.7 9 29.4 -8.7 330 4 314.6 314.7 287.5 316.4 0.49 10 550 5102 -6.1 -29.3 14 23.2 -11.8 322 3 316.9 317.0 288.4 319.0 0.62 11 500 5840 -10.9 -33.6 13 22.7 -15.7 273 3 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.3 0.45 12 450 6640 -16.6 -42.1 9 25.6 -20.4 221 4 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.21 13 400 7513 -23.1 -46.5 10 23.4 -25.8 190 9 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.15 14 350 8475 -30.5 -44.0 25 13.5 -31.9 181 20 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.22 15 300 9550 -39.6 -48.1 40 8.5 -40.1 174 28 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.2 0.16 16 250 10771 -48.8 -57.7 35 9.0 -49.0 173 35 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 17 200 12213 -53.6 -69.1 13 15.6 -53.9 210 19 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14056 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 287 17 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16628 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.0 308 14 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.55 m Freezing level: 625.09 mb = 4094.37 m = 13432.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.80 mb = 3378.01 m = 11082.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.11 mb = 2888.61 m = 9476.94 ft T: 6.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.65 mb = 3007.79 m = 9867.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.23 mb = 2989.63 m = 9808.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.23 mb = 3047.08 m = 9996.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 661.23 mb = 3636.61 m = 11931.00 ft B at Equ Level: 9.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 621.23 mb = 4137.64 m = 13574.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 3.3 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 2.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 3.53 m/s