MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 53.47,-109.05 Latitude: 53.47 Longitude: -109.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 567 SFC 945 615 28.8 9.1 29 19.7 16.5 344 3 306.9 308.4 291.8 330.3 7.70 3 900 1044 24.3 7.1 33 17.2 13.9 341 4 306.6 307.9 291.1 327.9 7.03 4 850 1539 19.6 6.3 42 13.2 11.7 338 4 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.1 7.06 5 800 2056 14.4 5.3 54 9.2 9.1 337 4 306.5 307.8 291.1 327.8 6.98 6 750 2596 9.2 4.3 72 4.8 6.4 335 4 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.7 6.97 7 700 3163 3.8 1.6 86 2.2 2.6 332 4 306.7 307.8 290.4 325.4 6.15 8 650 3760 -0.1 -10.3 46 10.3 -4.2 345 9 308.9 309.4 287.9 317.4 2.68 9 600 4396 -4.1 -18.7 31 14.6 -8.8 335 11 311.3 311.6 287.5 316.1 1.45 10 550 5076 -8.6 -24.4 27 15.8 -12.8 331 12 313.8 314.0 287.8 317.1 0.97 11 500 5806 -14.0 -31.1 22 17.1 -17.5 332 11 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.0 0.57 12 450 6597 -19.6 -38.7 17 19.1 -22.5 319 10 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.7 0.30 13 400 7460 -25.9 -44.9 15 19.1 -27.9 303 11 321.3 321.4 289.3 322.0 0.17 14 350 8412 -33.1 -49.6 18 16.5 -34.3 294 12 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.12 15 300 9476 -41.7 -53.4 27 11.7 -42.3 290 9 326.6 326.6 290.9 326.9 0.09 16 250 10686 -50.2 -61.5 25 11.2 -50.5 301 8 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.04 17 200 12131 -50.9 -74.2 5 23.3 -51.4 323 16 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13994 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 315 20 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16581 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 329 21 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.39 m Freezing level: 650.78 mb = 3750.97 m = 12306.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.89 mb = 3386.10 m = 11109.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.04 mb = 3069.16 m = 10069.32 ft T: 4.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.94 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.71 mb = 3166.37 m = 10388.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 37.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 335.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.92 mb = 3163.88 m = 10380.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.92 mb = 3221.67 m = 10569.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.92 mb = 9818.24 m = 32211.69 ft B at Equ Level: 332.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.92 mb = 11665.30 m = 38271.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.7 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 3.7 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 140.26 Bulk Shear: 2.40 m/s