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: 53.16,-110.07 Latitude: 53.16 Longitude: -110.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 1 950 587 SFC 943 650 22.1 14.4 61 7.8 17.0 352 11 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.4 10.96 3 900 1057 20.4 13.6 65 6.8 16.0 15 25 302.6 304.6 293.1 335.1 10.97 4 850 1549 17.5 11.9 70 5.6 13.8 10 13 304.5 306.4 293.2 335.3 10.33 5 800 2064 14.0 3.8 50 10.1 8.2 325 11 306.0 307.2 290.3 325.2 6.29 6 750 2603 9.3 -0.3 51 9.6 4.4 304 10 306.7 307.6 289.4 322.0 4.99 7 700 3170 4.8 -7.8 40 12.6 -0.7 281 13 307.8 308.4 287.9 317.4 3.04 8 650 3770 1.9 -24.9 12 26.8 -6.0 296 18 311.1 311.2 286.6 313.7 0.78 9 600 4410 -2.7 -21.2 23 18.5 -8.4 305 21 313.0 313.3 287.8 317.0 1.18 10 550 5092 -7.7 -27.8 18 20.1 -12.6 305 23 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.4 0.71 11 500 5826 -12.4 -28.4 25 16.0 -16.1 308 24 317.9 318.1 288.9 320.5 0.74 12 450 6622 -18.3 -28.5 40 10.2 -20.5 315 24 320.3 320.4 289.7 323.1 0.81 13 400 7489 -24.4 -41.6 19 17.1 -26.6 325 25 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.2 0.25 14 350 8446 -31.8 -46.3 22 14.6 -33.1 325 22 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.17 15 300 9516 -40.8 -45.7 60 4.8 -41.2 343 30 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.21 16 250 10727 -51.7 -56.4 57 4.7 -51.8 343 33 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.07 17 200 12149 -56.5 -67.6 23 11.1 -56.7 322 34 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13992 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 300 32 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16582 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 316 20 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.46 m Freezing level: 629.44 mb = 4032.88 m = 13231.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.78 mb = 3090.95 m = 10140.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.13 mb = 1637.87 m = 5373.54 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 21.59 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2422.56 m = 7947.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 29.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 973.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.42 mb = 1974.85 m = 6479.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.42 mb = 2899.81 m = 9513.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.42 mb = 11443.48 m = 37543.78 ft B at Equ Level: 956.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.42 mb = 13442.95 m = 44103.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.7 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 344.7 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 4.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: -6.8 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 24.84 Bulk Shear: 39.20 m/s