MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 53.01,-106.43 Latitude: 53.01 Longitude: -106.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 961 470 23.1 9.1 41 14.0 14.6 333 4 299.6 301.0 289.3 321.9 7.55 2 950 571 27.2 7.4 28 19.8 15.2 357 12 304.8 306.1 290.3 325.3 6.80 3 900 1045 23.1 6.0 33 17.1 13.0 4 14 305.3 306.5 290.3 325.0 6.51 4 850 1538 18.2 4.9 41 13.3 10.6 1 13 305.2 306.4 290.2 324.7 6.40 5 800 2052 13.4 3.6 51 9.8 7.9 359 13 305.4 306.6 290.0 324.2 6.19 6 750 2590 8.2 1.7 63 6.6 4.7 358 13 305.5 306.6 289.7 323.1 5.76 7 700 3155 3.7 -7.5 44 11.2 -1.2 1 14 306.6 307.2 287.5 316.3 3.11 8 650 3752 0.2 -15.8 29 16.0 -5.5 347 13 309.2 309.5 287.0 314.7 1.72 9 600 4388 -3.9 -21.8 23 17.9 -9.2 343 14 311.6 311.8 287.2 315.3 1.11 10 550 5068 -8.2 -28.4 18 20.2 -13.0 340 15 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.7 0.67 11 500 5801 -12.9 -31.0 20 18.1 -16.8 343 13 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.3 0.57 12 450 6595 -18.8 -28.2 44 9.3 -20.8 353 11 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.5 0.83 13 400 7460 -25.1 -28.9 70 3.8 -25.8 341 12 322.4 322.6 290.4 325.5 0.88 14 350 8416 -32.5 -40.3 45 7.9 -33.3 322 16 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.33 15 300 9481 -41.8 -47.4 54 5.7 -42.1 343 13 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.18 16 250 10690 -50.2 -57.9 40 7.6 -50.5 12 11 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 17 200 12130 -53.8 -67.8 16 14.0 -54.0 332 16 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13988 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 323 26 378.3 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16571 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 336 20 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.89 m Freezing level: 647.95 mb = 3777.83 m = 12394.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.83 mb = 3040.54 m = 9975.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.19 mb = 2250.46 m = 7383.29 ft T: 11.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 10.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.93 mb = 3412.80 m = 11196.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.17 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 24.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6878.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.62 mb = 3089.27 m = 10135.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.5 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 21.5 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -4.9 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.69 Bulk Shear: 0.58 m/s