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: 53.90,-108.58 Latitude: 53.90 Longitude: -108.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 587 SFC 946 628 27.8 10.7 34 17.1 16.9 101 3 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.6 8.57 3 900 1062 23.5 8.6 39 14.9 14.3 113 4 305.8 307.2 291.5 329.4 7.81 4 850 1557 18.8 7.5 48 11.2 12.0 128 3 305.8 307.2 291.5 329.1 7.69 5 800 2072 13.7 6.6 62 7.1 9.5 147 3 305.7 307.2 291.4 329.0 7.68 6 750 2612 8.6 5.8 83 2.7 7.0 161 3 305.9 307.3 291.5 329.3 7.75 7 700 3177 3.4 2.2 92 1.2 2.8 244 5 306.3 307.5 290.5 325.8 6.42 8 650 3774 1.1 -14.4 30 15.5 -4.7 323 5 310.2 310.6 287.6 316.5 1.92 9 600 4415 -1.5 -27.5 12 26.0 -8.5 333 6 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.7 0.67 10 550 5101 -6.1 -24.7 21 18.6 -11.2 326 5 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.1 0.94 11 500 5839 -11.0 -27.9 24 16.8 -15.2 273 3 319.6 319.7 289.5 322.3 0.77 12 450 6640 -16.3 -40.9 10 24.6 -20.2 211 3 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.6 0.24 13 400 7513 -22.7 -43.5 13 20.8 -25.4 185 9 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.20 14 350 8477 -30.4 -40.5 37 10.1 -31.6 178 19 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.32 15 300 9553 -39.3 -48.2 39 8.8 -39.9 172 29 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 16 250 10776 -48.7 -56.2 42 7.5 -49.0 172 39 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 17 200 12214 -54.4 -70.3 12 15.9 -54.6 202 21 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 14053 -55.0 -83.3 2 28.3 -55.4 286 15 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16625 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 311 15 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.35 m Freezing level: 628.63 mb = 4048.29 m = 13281.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.36 mb = 3394.60 m = 11136.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.46 mb = 2760.99 m = 9058.25 ft T: 7.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.83 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.80 mb = 2937.13 m = 9636.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.59 C K Index: 36.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.39 mb = 2896.39 m = 9502.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.39 mb = 3067.90 m = 10065.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 649.39 mb = 3781.80 m = 12407.34 ft B at Equ Level: 9.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 609.39 mb = 4290.93 m = 14077.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.5 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 314.5 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 7.57 m/s