MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 49.37,-117.30 Latitude: 49.37 Longitude: -117.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 579 2 900 1052 SFC 865 1399 21.9 13.0 57 8.9 16.0 289 5 307.5 309.6 294.5 340.7 10.96 4 850 1547 19.0 11.7 63 7.2 14.3 290 6 306.0 307.9 293.5 336.9 10.25 5 800 2064 13.9 10.5 80 3.4 11.7 289 8 305.9 307.8 293.3 336.0 10.01 6 750 2604 8.7 8.4 98 0.3 8.6 296 11 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.0 9.29 7 700 3171 4.3 0.3 75 4.0 2.2 318 19 307.2 308.3 290.1 324.4 5.60 8 650 3770 0.9 -5.6 62 6.4 -2.1 315 20 309.9 310.7 289.4 322.1 3.88 9 600 4409 -2.5 -12.2 47 9.7 -6.2 308 15 313.3 313.7 289.2 321.3 2.49 10 550 5094 -6.3 -16.6 44 10.3 -9.9 291 10 316.6 316.9 289.6 322.9 1.90 11 500 5832 -10.9 -24.0 33 13.1 -14.5 263 11 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.6 1.10 12 450 6634 -16.1 -19.7 74 3.5 -17.2 239 7 323.0 323.3 291.5 329.1 1.79 13 400 7509 -22.4 -25.2 78 2.9 -23.1 174 5 325.9 326.1 291.7 330.2 1.23 14 350 8475 -29.7 -32.8 75 3.1 -30.2 134 12 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.69 15 300 9553 -39.3 -43.5 64 4.2 -39.7 146 22 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 16 250 10771 -49.4 -55.0 52 5.6 -49.7 153 31 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.09 17 200 12220 -51.1 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.5 171 19 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14092 -51.0 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 194 16 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16697 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 192 8 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.34 m Freezing level: 637.20 mb = 3933.56 m = 12905.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.43 mb = 3471.80 m = 11390.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 % Est. max temperature: 21.22 C = 70.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.72 mb = 2507.42 m = 8226.33 ft T: 9.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.25 mb = 2490.47 m = 8170.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.41 C = 68.74 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 37.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 814.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.59 mb = 2497.81 m = 8194.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.59 mb = 2553.08 m = 8376.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.59 mb = 11184.12 m = 36692.86 ft B at Equ Level: 797.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.59 mb = 13104.12 m = 42991.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 224.86 Bulk Shear: 3.62 m/s