MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 53.21,-107.62 Latitude: 53.21 Longitude: -107.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 569 SFC 935 706 22.4 10.4 47 12.0 15.0 349 2 301.3 302.8 290.7 326.4 8.51 3 900 1042 23.1 8.0 38 15.1 13.9 16 5 305.3 306.7 291.1 327.9 7.50 4 850 1536 18.4 6.9 47 11.5 11.5 4 4 305.4 306.8 291.0 327.6 7.35 5 800 2051 13.4 5.8 60 7.6 9.0 356 4 305.5 306.8 291.0 327.3 7.24 6 750 2590 8.2 4.3 76 3.9 6.0 353 4 305.5 306.8 290.7 326.5 6.94 7 700 3155 3.7 -2.6 63 6.3 0.7 1 6 306.6 307.4 288.9 320.5 4.51 8 650 3752 -0.2 -10.0 47 9.8 -4.1 353 9 308.8 309.3 287.9 317.5 2.75 9 600 4388 -3.9 -17.7 33 13.9 -8.5 339 12 311.6 311.9 287.7 316.8 1.58 10 550 5068 -7.9 -25.2 23 17.3 -12.5 338 12 314.7 314.9 288.0 317.8 0.89 11 500 5802 -12.9 -30.2 22 17.4 -16.6 341 11 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.5 0.62 12 450 6596 -18.8 -34.2 24 15.4 -21.5 338 8 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.3 0.47 13 400 7461 -25.2 -42.6 18 17.4 -27.2 337 5 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.22 14 350 8416 -32.4 -42.3 37 9.9 -33.4 67 4 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.26 15 300 9482 -41.3 -50.2 37 9.0 -41.8 87 9 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.13 16 250 10696 -49.2 -59.7 29 10.4 -49.6 86 10 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 17 200 12145 -51.7 -70.8 8 19.1 -52.1 329 13 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14005 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 324 23 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16584 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 334 22 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.89 m Freezing level: 652.26 mb = 3725.17 m = 12221.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.09 mb = 3234.81 m = 10612.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.62 mb = 2223.76 m = 7295.70 ft T: 11.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.01 mb = 3015.45 m = 9893.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.24 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.72 mb = 2825.40 m = 9269.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.72 mb = 3463.19 m = 11362.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.72 mb = 8340.09 m = 27362.17 ft B at Equ Level: 98.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.72 mb = 10597.30 m = 34767.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.2 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 16.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 33.63 Bulk Shear: 2.92 m/s