MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 53.44,-110.34 Latitude: 53.44 Longitude: -110.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 573 SFC 944 629 29.3 9.4 29 19.9 16.7 309 2 307.4 308.9 292.0 331.3 7.84 3 900 1048 23.9 6.8 33 17.2 13.6 303 2 306.2 307.5 290.9 327.1 6.88 4 850 1543 19.0 5.8 42 13.2 11.3 296 2 306.1 307.3 290.8 326.8 6.83 5 800 2059 14.0 4.8 54 9.2 8.7 290 2 306.0 307.3 290.7 326.6 6.76 6 750 2598 8.9 2.6 65 6.2 5.5 283 2 306.2 307.3 290.3 325.0 6.18 7 700 3164 4.7 -9.0 36 13.7 -1.1 319 6 307.7 308.2 287.6 316.5 2.77 8 650 3763 0.6 -16.0 28 16.5 -5.3 325 8 309.6 309.9 287.1 315.1 1.69 9 600 4400 -3.7 -20.1 27 16.3 -8.8 323 11 311.8 312.0 287.5 316.1 1.29 10 550 5080 -8.8 -22.9 31 14.1 -12.7 320 13 313.7 313.9 287.9 317.4 1.10 11 500 5810 -14.0 -31.6 21 17.6 -17.6 315 15 316.0 316.1 288.1 317.9 0.55 12 450 6601 -19.4 -38.3 17 19.0 -22.2 309 18 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.0 0.31 13 400 7465 -25.5 -45.1 14 19.6 -27.7 311 22 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.4 0.17 14 350 8417 -33.1 -45.4 28 12.2 -34.2 311 26 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.19 15 300 9479 -42.2 -49.4 45 7.2 -42.6 305 24 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.14 16 250 10688 -50.6 -60.5 30 9.9 -50.8 307 25 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.04 17 200 12133 -50.2 -71.4 6 21.2 -50.7 312 21 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 13998 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 321 19 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16588 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 321 21 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.84 m Freezing level: 643.39 mb = 3847.32 m = 12622.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 3067.37 m = 10063.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.75 mb = 3097.36 m = 10161.82 ft T: 5.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 16.17 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3393.10 m = 11132.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 25.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 250.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.92 mb = 3165.37 m = 10384.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.92 mb = 4076.09 m = 13372.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.92 mb = 9821.27 m = 32221.61 ft B at Equ Level: 248.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.92 mb = 11372.29 m = 37310.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.5 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 345.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 44.81 Bulk Shear: 5.59 m/s