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: 53.87,-108.15 Latitude: 53.87 Longitude: -108.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 589 SFC 949 600 27.9 10.3 33 17.6 16.8 89 3 305.6 307.1 291.9 330.7 8.33 3 900 1064 23.2 8.3 38 14.9 14.1 99 3 305.4 306.8 291.3 328.5 7.64 4 850 1558 18.3 7.1 48 11.2 11.6 109 3 305.4 306.7 291.2 328.0 7.48 5 800 2073 13.4 6.3 62 7.1 9.2 127 2 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.1 7.51 6 750 2611 8.1 5.3 82 2.8 6.5 153 2 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.0 7.48 7 700 3176 3.3 0.7 83 2.6 1.9 275 6 306.1 307.2 289.9 323.6 5.74 8 650 3773 1.7 -19.9 18 21.6 -5.4 335 6 310.9 311.1 287.1 314.9 1.21 9 600 4415 -1.7 -24.7 15 23.1 -8.3 334 6 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.2 0.86 10 550 5100 -6.1 -22.0 27 15.9 -10.8 328 6 316.9 317.1 289.0 320.9 1.19 11 500 5839 -10.9 -27.2 25 16.3 -15.0 289 2 319.8 319.9 289.6 322.6 0.82 12 450 6641 -16.1 -36.3 16 20.2 -19.8 209 2 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.3 0.38 13 400 7515 -22.4 -39.1 20 16.8 -24.8 182 9 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.32 14 350 8480 -30.3 -39.4 41 9.1 -31.4 174 19 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.36 15 300 9556 -39.0 -47.5 40 8.5 -39.6 170 28 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.17 16 250 10781 -48.5 -55.6 44 7.1 -48.8 172 38 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 17 200 12217 -55.2 -68.7 17 13.5 -55.4 197 21 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14053 -55.2 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 289 15 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16623 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 313 15 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.35 m Freezing level: 624.74 mb = 4097.24 m = 13442.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.01 mb = 3327.01 m = 10915.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.57 mb = 2792.60 m = 9161.97 ft T: 6.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.20 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2946.35 m = 9666.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 0.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 18.04 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.07 mb = 2899.32 m = 9512.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.07 mb = 3070.74 m = 10074.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 679.07 mb = 3420.73 m = 11222.73 ft B at Equ Level: 6.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 649.07 mb = 3784.70 m = 12416.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.2 at 4.0 knts Storm direction: 353.2 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 5.77 m/s