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,-109.05 Latitude: 53.75 Longitude: -109.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 943 647 28.2 10.0 32 18.2 16.7 140 3 306.4 307.9 292.0 331.2 8.18 3 900 1061 23.9 8.1 36 15.8 14.2 146 3 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.0 7.56 4 850 1556 19.0 7.2 46 11.8 11.9 151 3 306.0 307.4 291.4 328.8 7.51 5 800 2072 14.0 6.2 59 7.8 9.4 156 3 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.7 7.46 6 750 2612 8.7 5.2 78 3.5 6.7 159 3 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.4 7.40 7 700 3178 3.5 1.6 88 1.9 2.5 202 3 306.4 307.5 290.3 325.1 6.16 8 650 3775 1.4 -16.2 26 17.5 -4.9 330 3 310.5 310.8 287.4 316.0 1.66 9 600 4417 -1.3 -30.8 8 29.5 -8.7 331 4 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.4 0.49 10 550 5102 -6.1 -29.3 14 23.2 -11.9 320 3 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.61 11 500 5840 -10.9 -34.5 12 23.6 -15.7 274 3 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.41 12 450 6640 -16.6 -42.2 9 25.6 -20.4 223 4 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.21 13 400 7512 -23.2 -45.8 11 22.6 -25.8 193 8 324.8 324.9 290.4 325.5 0.16 14 350 8475 -30.5 -45.9 21 15.4 -32.0 182 20 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.18 15 300 9549 -39.6 -48.4 39 8.8 -40.2 175 27 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 16 250 10770 -48.8 -58.0 34 9.2 -49.1 173 34 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 17 200 12212 -53.4 -69.4 13 16.0 -53.7 212 18 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14056 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.2 287 17 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16628 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.0 307 14 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.97 m Freezing level: 623.83 mb = 4110.72 m = 13486.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.20 mb = 3373.33 m = 11067.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.37 mb = 2919.55 m = 9578.46 ft T: 5.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.87 mb = 3016.71 m = 9897.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.02 mb = 3003.44 m = 9853.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.02 mb = 3060.98 m = 10042.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 670.02 mb = 3530.23 m = 11581.97 ft B at Equ Level: 9.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 630.02 mb = 4025.05 m = 13205.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 3.3 knts Storm direction: 269.0 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): -114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.30 Bulk Shear: 2.99 m/s