MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 53.98,-108.25 Latitude: 53.98 Longitude: -108.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 953 562 28.5 10.7 33 17.9 17.1 105 4 305.9 307.5 292.1 331.5 8.48 2 950 587 28.1 9.4 31 18.7 16.4 106 3 305.7 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.80 3 900 1062 23.5 8.3 38 15.2 14.1 117 4 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.7 7.63 4 850 1556 18.7 7.4 48 11.3 11.9 132 3 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.7 7.60 5 800 2071 13.7 6.4 61 7.3 9.4 157 3 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.5 7.55 6 750 2610 8.4 5.4 81 3.0 6.7 180 3 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.5 7.53 7 700 3176 3.8 -0.8 72 4.6 1.5 269 7 306.7 307.7 289.6 322.6 5.17 8 650 3774 1.3 -19.6 19 20.8 -5.5 319 5 310.4 310.7 286.9 314.6 1.25 9 600 4415 -1.8 -30.3 9 28.5 -8.9 346 5 314.1 314.2 287.4 315.9 0.51 10 550 5099 -6.5 -25.7 20 19.2 -11.7 346 4 316.4 316.5 288.5 319.3 0.86 11 500 5836 -11.6 -28.2 24 16.6 -15.6 290 1 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.5 0.75 12 450 6635 -17.2 -33.6 23 16.4 -20.3 187 4 321.6 321.6 289.8 323.3 0.50 13 400 7504 -23.9 -38.9 24 15.0 -26.0 172 10 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.33 14 350 8465 -30.9 -39.4 43 8.6 -31.9 165 22 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.36 15 300 9539 -39.5 -48.3 39 8.8 -40.1 163 30 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 16 250 10762 -47.9 -57.9 31 9.9 -48.3 168 43 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.06 17 200 12210 -53.1 -71.5 9 18.4 -53.4 201 21 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14054 -55.0 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.4 286 18 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16625 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 320 17 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.77 m Freezing level: 628.86 mb = 4044.94 m = 13270.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.44 mb = 3298.69 m = 10822.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.64 mb = 2791.25 m = 9157.52 ft T: 6.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 16.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.62 mb = 3041.05 m = 9977.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.87 mb = 2946.58 m = 9667.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.87 mb = 3235.42 m = 10614.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 684.87 mb = 3352.42 m = 10998.61 ft B at Equ Level: -0.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 684.87 mb = 3352.42 m = 10998.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.2 at 3.8 knts Storm direction: 331.2 at 2.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 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: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 7.05 m/s