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,-109.08 Latitude: 53.75 Longitude: -109.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 944 645 28.2 9.9 32 18.3 16.7 141 3 306.4 308.0 292.0 331.1 8.15 3 900 1061 23.9 8.1 36 15.8 14.3 147 3 306.1 307.6 291.5 329.1 7.56 4 850 1556 19.0 7.1 46 11.9 11.9 152 3 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.7 7.48 5 800 2072 14.0 6.2 59 7.8 9.4 157 3 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.6 7.44 6 750 2612 8.7 5.1 78 3.6 6.6 160 3 306.1 307.4 291.3 328.4 7.38 7 700 3178 3.5 1.6 88 1.9 2.5 200 3 306.4 307.5 290.3 325.1 6.16 8 650 3775 1.4 -16.3 25 17.7 -4.9 330 3 310.5 310.9 287.4 315.9 1.65 9 600 4417 -1.2 -30.8 8 29.6 -8.7 331 4 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.4 0.49 10 550 5102 -6.1 -29.3 14 23.2 -11.9 319 3 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.61 11 500 5840 -10.9 -34.7 12 23.7 -15.7 274 3 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.40 12 450 6640 -16.6 -42.2 9 25.6 -20.5 224 4 322.3 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.21 13 400 7512 -23.2 -45.6 11 22.4 -25.8 194 8 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.16 14 350 8474 -30.5 -46.6 19 16.0 -32.0 182 20 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 15 300 9549 -39.6 -48.6 38 9.0 -40.2 175 27 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.15 16 250 10770 -48.8 -58.1 33 9.3 -49.1 174 33 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.06 17 200 12212 -53.4 -69.6 12 16.2 -53.7 212 18 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14056 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.2 287 17 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.6 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: 5709.09 m Freezing level: 623.40 mb = 4116.29 m = 13504.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.20 mb = 3373.32 m = 11067.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.65 mb = 2927.76 m = 9605.38 ft T: 5.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 15.14 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 3021.19 m = 9911.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.95 C Cross Totals Index: 18.08 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.58 mb = 3008.52 m = 9870.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.58 mb = 3066.10 m = 10059.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.58 mb = 3535.57 m = 11599.50 ft B at Equ Level: 9.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 629.58 mb = 4030.73 m = 13224.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 3.3 knts Storm direction: 267.0 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): -113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.34 Bulk Shear: 2.85 m/s