MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 53.90,-110.01 Latitude: 53.90 Longitude: -110.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 566 SFC 942 645 28.2 12.6 38 15.5 17.9 242 6 306.5 308.4 293.3 336.1 9.79 3 900 1041 22.8 10.3 45 12.5 14.9 245 7 305.0 306.6 292.1 331.3 8.77 4 850 1535 19.4 5.9 41 13.4 11.4 279 9 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.3 6.87 5 800 2052 14.5 4.2 50 10.3 8.7 288 8 306.6 307.9 290.7 326.4 6.49 6 750 2592 9.3 3.3 66 6.0 6.0 290 9 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.4 6.48 7 700 3159 4.0 0.4 77 3.7 2.1 294 8 307.0 308.0 290.0 324.2 5.63 8 650 3758 0.9 -13.1 34 14.0 -4.4 304 8 310.0 310.4 287.7 316.9 2.13 9 600 4396 -3.2 -21.9 22 18.7 -8.8 298 9 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.1 1.10 10 550 5077 -7.8 -27.1 20 19.3 -12.7 295 11 314.8 315.0 287.9 317.4 0.76 11 500 5811 -12.9 -26.8 30 13.9 -16.2 297 16 317.3 317.5 288.8 320.3 0.85 12 450 6605 -19.2 -29.4 40 10.2 -21.2 298 18 319.1 319.3 289.3 321.7 0.75 13 400 7467 -26.4 -36.2 39 9.8 -27.8 298 17 320.6 320.7 289.4 322.2 0.43 14 350 8415 -33.9 -45.4 30 11.5 -34.8 296 19 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.8 0.19 15 300 9475 -42.7 -52.6 33 9.9 -43.1 302 20 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.10 16 250 10681 -51.0 -58.8 39 7.9 -51.2 320 23 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.05 17 200 12120 -52.2 -71.0 9 18.8 -52.5 309 25 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13981 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 294 22 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16570 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 301 15 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.11 m Freezing level: 639.10 mb = 3897.20 m = 12785.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.78 mb = 3348.61 m = 10986.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.23 mb = 2589.82 m = 8496.68 ft T: 9.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.61 mb = 2920.78 m = 9582.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 677.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.44 mb = 2798.21 m = 9180.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.44 mb = 3083.84 m = 10117.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.44 mb = 10773.31 m = 35345.06 ft B at Equ Level: 667.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.44 mb = 12574.32 m = 41253.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.0 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 322.0 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 85.85 Bulk Shear: 7.89 m/s