MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 53.04,-110.54 Latitude: 53.04 Longitude: -110.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 1 950 591 SFC 943 659 21.1 14.2 65 6.8 16.6 351 9 299.2 301.2 292.0 331.0 10.89 3 900 1061 20.4 13.0 62 7.4 15.6 10 23 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.7 10.52 4 850 1552 17.6 7.7 52 9.9 11.6 354 12 304.6 306.0 291.2 328.0 7.77 5 800 2067 13.9 0.1 39 13.8 6.6 326 13 305.9 306.8 289.0 320.7 4.81 6 750 2606 9.1 -3.5 41 12.6 3.0 310 12 306.5 307.2 288.3 318.7 3.94 7 700 3172 5.2 -14.8 22 20.0 -2.3 293 14 308.3 308.6 286.7 313.9 1.73 8 650 3773 2.3 -23.7 13 25.9 -5.6 306 18 311.5 311.7 286.9 314.5 0.87 9 600 4413 -2.5 -24.1 17 21.5 -8.7 307 21 313.2 313.4 287.5 316.3 0.91 10 550 5095 -7.6 -27.6 18 20.1 -12.6 307 23 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.6 0.72 11 500 5830 -12.4 -27.5 27 15.1 -16.0 309 24 317.9 318.1 289.0 320.7 0.80 12 450 6626 -18.2 -28.7 39 10.4 -20.5 317 24 320.3 320.5 289.7 323.1 0.80 13 400 7493 -24.4 -42.2 18 17.8 -26.6 326 25 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.23 14 350 8451 -31.7 -46.5 22 14.8 -33.0 323 23 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.17 15 300 9521 -40.7 -45.7 59 4.9 -41.1 343 30 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.21 16 250 10733 -51.5 -56.2 58 4.6 -51.7 345 33 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.08 17 200 12155 -56.6 -67.3 24 10.8 -56.8 324 34 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 13997 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 301 32 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16586 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 315 19 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.88 m Freezing level: 626.37 mb = 4075.36 m = 13370.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.48 mb = 2923.90 m = 9592.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.23 mb = 1529.51 m = 5018.03 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 19.86 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2626.98 m = 8618.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.84 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 17.66 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 411.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.33 mb = 2157.63 m = 7078.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.33 mb = 4198.23 m = 13773.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.33 mb = 11091.06 m = 36387.54 ft B at Equ Level: 394.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.33 mb = 12608.32 m = 41365.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 346.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -8.1 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 14.04 Bulk Shear: 29.29 m/s