MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 56.73,-126.74 Latitude: 56.73 Longitude: -126.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 584 2 900 1044 3 850 1525 SFC 849 1538 11.8 9.5 85 2.4 10.4 243 4 298.6 300.2 290.1 324.4 8.79 5 800 2031 9.9 7.9 88 1.9 8.8 249 9 301.7 303.2 290.7 326.6 8.41 6 750 2565 6.6 3.1 78 3.5 4.7 228 11 303.7 304.9 289.6 323.0 6.39 7 700 3128 2.8 -3.3 64 6.2 -0.1 212 13 305.6 306.4 288.3 318.8 4.27 8 650 3723 -1.2 -7.5 62 6.2 -3.9 205 18 307.6 308.2 288.1 318.1 3.35 9 600 4356 -5.6 -12.1 60 6.5 -8.0 202 25 309.6 310.1 288.0 317.7 2.52 10 550 5032 -10.2 -17.1 57 7.0 -12.3 196 27 312.0 312.4 288.1 318.0 1.82 11 500 5759 -15.0 -22.3 54 7.3 -17.0 193 29 314.7 314.9 288.4 319.0 1.27 12 450 6547 -20.5 -30.0 42 9.6 -22.3 190 32 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.0 0.70 13 400 7407 -26.9 -37.1 38 10.1 -28.3 193 35 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.40 14 350 8355 -34.0 -42.3 43 8.3 -34.7 200 38 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.0 0.26 15 300 9415 -42.6 -48.2 54 5.6 -42.9 204 40 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.16 16 250 10620 -51.2 -58.9 40 7.6 -51.5 201 44 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.05 17 200 12066 -49.1 -76.3 3 27.2 -49.6 203 53 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 13963 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.2 204 42 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.01 19 100 16617 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.5 223 23 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.80 m Freezing level: 665.22 mb = 3541.81 m = 11619.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.01 mb = 3115.88 m = 10222.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.74 % Est. max temperature: 18.52 C = 65.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.13 mb = 1833.90 m = 6016.67 ft T: 10.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 8.94 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2648.29 m = 8688.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.93 C = 62.48 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.98 mb = 2358.34 m = 7737.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.98 mb = 3432.01 m = 11259.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.98 mb = 8474.37 m = 27802.72 ft B at Equ Level: 200.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.98 mb = 11049.24 m = 36250.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.2 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 229.2 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -7.8 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.20 Bulk Shear: 48.00 m/s