MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 48.26,-120.44 Latitude: 48.26 Longitude: -120.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 580 2 900 1052 SFC 860 1447 20.6 11.4 55 9.2 14.7 317 7 306.7 308.6 293.4 336.5 9.88 4 850 1545 18.5 10.3 59 8.2 13.3 318 8 305.5 307.2 292.6 333.4 9.28 5 800 2060 14.0 4.9 54 9.2 8.8 338 7 306.1 307.4 290.7 326.7 6.78 6 750 2601 10.5 3.8 63 6.7 6.7 320 4 308.0 309.2 291.3 328.5 6.69 7 700 3172 5.7 3.6 87 2.1 4.5 296 3 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.6 7.11 8 650 3773 1.0 -0.3 91 1.2 0.3 249 3 310.1 311.1 291.2 328.0 5.78 9 600 4412 -3.1 -4.7 89 1.6 -3.8 204 5 312.5 313.4 290.8 326.8 4.51 10 550 5096 -7.1 -9.9 80 2.8 -8.2 204 9 315.7 316.3 290.7 326.3 3.28 11 500 5833 -11.3 -17.7 59 6.4 -13.4 200 14 319.3 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.91 12 450 6633 -16.8 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.4 189 17 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.8 1.35 13 400 7506 -22.7 -34.1 35 11.4 -24.7 179 16 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.53 14 350 8470 -30.5 -41.7 33 11.2 -31.7 195 11 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.8 0.28 15 300 9544 -39.5 -47.5 42 8.0 -40.1 199 25 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 16 250 10762 -50.5 -56.8 47 6.3 -50.7 195 33 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.07 17 200 12209 -49.7 -70.8 7 21.1 -50.1 194 25 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14082 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 202 20 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16688 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 182 11 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.85 m Freezing level: 638.11 mb = 3925.19 m = 12877.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.24 mb = 3819.63 m = 12531.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.31 % Est. max temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.95 mb = 2601.93 m = 8536.42 ft T: 10.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.16 mb = 3345.63 m = 10976.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.13 mb = 3018.05 m = 9901.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.13 mb = 3920.48 m = 12862.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.13 mb = 5558.02 m = 18234.77 ft B at Equ Level: 22.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.13 mb = 7540.35 m = 24738.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.6 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 237.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -2.1 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 26.72 m/s