MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 49.17,-115.81 Latitude: 49.17 Longitude: -115.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 557 2 900 1036 SFC 853 1507 23.5 13.3 53 10.2 16.7 208 2 310.5 312.6 295.6 345.1 11.32 4 850 1536 22.6 12.0 51 10.6 15.7 209 2 309.9 311.8 294.7 341.7 10.43 5 800 2059 17.3 10.4 64 7.0 12.9 217 3 309.6 311.5 294.3 339.9 9.93 6 750 2606 12.0 9.1 83 2.9 10.2 221 3 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.2 9.71 7 700 3179 6.7 5.9 95 0.8 6.2 243 1 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.5 8.36 8 650 3784 2.5 0.3 86 2.1 1.3 93 4 311.7 312.9 291.9 330.6 6.04 9 600 4426 -1.6 -5.8 73 4.2 -3.6 79 3 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.4 4.13 10 550 5113 -6.2 -9.8 75 3.6 -7.7 72 2 316.7 317.4 291.0 327.5 3.30 11 500 5852 -10.9 -15.7 68 4.8 -12.6 87 2 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.2 2.25 12 450 6654 -15.7 -19.3 74 3.6 -16.8 128 4 323.5 323.9 291.7 329.9 1.85 13 400 7532 -21.4 -27.2 59 5.8 -22.7 144 6 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.9 1.03 14 350 8503 -28.4 -34.6 55 6.3 -29.3 149 9 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.6 0.58 15 300 9588 -37.2 -44.7 45 7.6 -37.8 152 16 333.0 333.1 292.8 333.9 0.24 16 250 10819 -47.7 -51.9 61 4.3 -47.9 148 24 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12258 -54.4 -62.7 36 8.2 -54.6 195 17 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14122 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 251 9 380.4 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16717 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 214 7 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.83 m Freezing level: 620.06 mb = 4168.15 m = 13674.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.54 mb = 3951.40 m = 12963.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.48 % Est. max temperature: 22.93 C = 73.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.84 mb = 2786.76 m = 9142.81 ft T: 10.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 17.69 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.19 mb = 2931.12 m = 9616.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 44.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1035.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.10 mb = 2920.70 m = 9582.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.10 mb = 2978.42 m = 9771.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.10 mb = 11438.66 m = 37527.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1032.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.10 mb = 13822.49 m = 45348.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.2 at 3.1 knts Storm direction: 154.2 at 2.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -4.0 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 495.15 Bulk Shear: 2.09 m/s