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: 57.00,-121.24 Latitude: 57.00 Longitude: -121.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 567 SFC 930 755 26.9 13.8 45 13.1 18.1 285 2 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.5 10.70 3 900 1042 22.6 11.8 50 10.8 15.6 285 2 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.8 9.68 4 850 1535 17.9 10.2 61 7.7 13.0 286 3 304.8 306.6 292.4 332.5 9.23 5 800 2051 15.0 1.2 39 13.8 7.5 291 8 307.1 308.1 289.7 323.2 5.21 6 750 2593 10.7 0.7 50 10.0 5.4 284 8 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.8 5.37 7 700 3163 5.9 0.0 66 5.9 2.8 271 8 309.0 310.1 290.6 326.0 5.49 8 650 3764 1.4 -8.1 49 9.5 -2.7 263 9 310.6 311.2 289.0 320.8 3.20 9 600 4403 -3.2 -16.9 34 13.7 -7.9 247 11 312.4 312.7 288.1 318.0 1.69 10 550 5084 -8.2 -21.2 34 13.0 -12.0 233 15 314.4 314.6 288.3 318.7 1.28 11 500 5817 -12.9 -31.1 20 18.2 -16.7 227 16 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.4 0.57 12 450 6612 -18.3 -30.1 35 11.8 -20.7 237 20 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.70 13 400 7480 -24.0 -44.0 14 20.1 -26.3 236 32 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.19 14 350 8440 -31.2 -39.1 46 7.9 -32.1 226 45 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.37 15 300 9513 -40.1 -46.4 51 6.3 -40.6 217 50 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.20 16 250 10728 -50.7 -54.6 63 4.0 -50.8 213 51 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.09 17 200 12166 -51.7 -74.8 5 23.1 -52.1 215 42 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14038 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.0 223 29 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 19 100 16669 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 233 17 424.6 424.6 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.31 m Freezing level: 634.54 mb = 3961.87 m = 12998.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.29 mb = 3466.57 m = 11373.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.93 mb = 2394.23 m = 7855.00 ft T: 12.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 15.34 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.17 mb = 2905.03 m = 9530.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 690.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.95 mb = 2492.95 m = 8178.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.95 mb = 3351.04 m = 10994.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.95 mb = 10885.78 m = 35714.06 ft B at Equ Level: 690.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.95 mb = 12710.15 m = 41699.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.9 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 277.9 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -2.6 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 62.22 Bulk Shear: 11.10 m/s