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: 50.82,-119.22 Latitude: 50.82 Longitude: -119.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 587 SFC 926 811 25.5 15.0 52 10.5 18.4 290 2 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.2 11.66 3 900 1059 21.1 13.6 62 7.4 16.2 294 2 303.2 305.2 293.3 335.8 10.96 4 850 1550 16.2 12.4 78 3.7 13.7 276 2 303.1 305.1 293.0 334.9 10.72 5 800 2063 12.7 6.7 67 6.0 9.2 310 7 304.6 306.1 291.1 327.9 7.71 6 750 2601 8.5 4.0 73 4.5 6.0 314 10 305.8 307.1 290.7 326.5 6.80 7 700 3168 4.3 0.6 77 3.7 2.4 308 10 307.2 308.3 290.2 324.8 5.71 8 650 3767 0.5 -3.3 76 3.8 -1.3 307 10 309.6 310.4 290.0 324.0 4.63 9 600 4405 -3.1 -9.3 62 6.2 -5.7 301 11 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.7 3.15 10 550 5089 -6.4 -33.6 10 27.1 -12.4 295 12 316.5 316.5 288.1 317.9 0.41 11 500 5826 -11.3 -32.7 15 21.4 -15.8 278 12 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.49 12 450 6626 -16.5 -28.3 35 11.8 -19.1 228 13 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.5 0.82 13 400 7500 -22.4 -30.6 47 8.2 -24.0 191 14 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.74 14 350 8466 -29.9 -35.5 59 5.5 -30.7 168 19 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.53 15 300 9542 -39.6 -47.4 43 7.8 -40.2 166 22 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.18 16 250 10761 -49.8 -56.6 45 6.8 -50.0 166 28 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.07 17 200 12205 -51.5 -71.5 7 20.0 -51.9 178 26 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14077 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 197 19 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16689 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 194 10 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.81 m Freezing level: 642.47 mb = 3862.74 m = 12672.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.47 mb = 3552.26 m = 11654.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.68 mb = 2129.04 m = 6984.96 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 22.33 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.84 mb = 2254.43 m = 7396.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 752.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.41 mb = 2069.06 m = 6788.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.41 mb = 2442.34 m = 8012.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.41 mb = 11177.89 m = 36672.41 ft B at Equ Level: 731.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.41 mb = 13095.75 m = 42964.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 89.68 Bulk Shear: 8.39 m/s