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: 53.50,-110.31 Latitude: 53.50 Longitude: -110.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 945 616 29.3 9.4 29 19.9 16.8 303 2 307.4 308.8 292.0 331.3 7.85 3 900 1048 23.8 7.0 34 16.8 13.7 298 2 306.1 307.4 290.9 327.3 6.99 4 850 1543 18.9 6.0 43 12.9 11.3 294 2 306.0 307.3 290.9 326.9 6.91 5 800 2059 13.9 5.0 55 8.9 8.8 290 2 306.0 307.2 290.7 326.7 6.83 6 750 2598 8.7 3.2 68 5.5 5.7 283 2 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.6 6.44 7 700 3164 4.7 -9.0 36 13.7 -1.1 323 6 307.7 308.2 287.6 316.5 2.76 8 650 3763 0.5 -15.5 29 16.0 -5.2 329 7 309.6 309.9 287.2 315.3 1.76 9 600 4399 -3.7 -20.3 26 16.6 -8.9 325 10 311.8 312.0 287.4 316.0 1.26 10 550 5079 -8.8 -22.9 31 14.2 -12.7 322 13 313.7 313.9 287.9 317.4 1.10 11 500 5809 -14.0 -31.1 22 17.1 -17.5 315 15 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.0 0.57 12 450 6601 -19.5 -38.0 18 18.5 -22.3 309 18 318.8 318.8 288.7 319.9 0.32 13 400 7464 -25.6 -44.9 15 19.3 -27.7 310 21 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.17 14 350 8416 -33.2 -46.0 27 12.8 -34.3 310 26 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.18 15 300 9478 -42.2 -49.5 45 7.2 -42.6 304 24 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.14 16 250 10687 -50.6 -60.6 30 10.0 -50.8 306 23 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.04 17 200 12132 -50.2 -71.7 6 21.5 -50.6 313 21 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13998 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 322 18 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16588 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 322 21 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.03 m Freezing level: 643.87 mb = 3840.81 m = 12600.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.08 mb = 3069.89 m = 10071.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.45 mb = 3088.76 m = 10133.60 ft T: 5.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.30 mb = 3359.14 m = 11020.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.48 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.93 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 25.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 279.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.45 mb = 3135.35 m = 10286.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.45 mb = 3917.80 m = 12853.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.45 mb = 9761.51 m = 32025.56 ft B at Equ Level: 279.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.45 mb = 11589.99 m = 38024.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.0 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 347.0 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 52.49 Bulk Shear: 5.33 m/s