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: 54.89,-125.58 Latitude: 54.89 Longitude: -125.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 589 2 900 1058 SFC 900 1060 21.5 10.3 49 11.2 14.5 272 3 303.7 305.3 291.7 329.9 8.78 4 850 1548 15.7 8.0 60 7.7 11.1 267 3 302.6 304.1 290.6 326.3 7.96 5 800 2058 10.6 6.8 77 3.8 8.4 265 3 302.5 303.9 290.5 325.6 7.76 6 750 2591 5.4 5.1 98 0.3 5.2 257 2 302.5 303.8 290.1 324.5 7.37 7 700 3152 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.8 204 8 304.1 305.1 289.0 320.8 5.52 8 650 3745 -2.1 -3.7 89 1.6 -2.8 196 14 306.6 307.5 288.9 320.5 4.49 9 600 4377 -5.8 -12.0 62 6.2 -8.1 198 18 309.4 309.9 287.9 317.5 2.54 10 550 5053 -9.9 -21.2 39 11.2 -13.1 201 21 312.3 312.5 287.6 316.6 1.28 11 500 5781 -14.5 -28.2 30 13.7 -17.5 202 23 315.4 315.5 288.1 318.0 0.75 12 450 6571 -19.7 -34.1 26 14.5 -22.2 197 27 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.2 0.47 13 400 7435 -25.2 -40.1 24 14.9 -27.1 190 33 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.4 0.29 14 350 8387 -33.2 -45.0 30 11.8 -34.3 190 37 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.20 15 300 9451 -41.9 -52.2 32 10.3 -42.4 191 40 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.10 16 250 10662 -49.6 -61.0 25 11.4 -49.9 191 45 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.04 17 200 12109 -51.8 -69.3 11 17.5 -52.1 195 44 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 13995 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 207 36 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.01 19 100 16645 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.5 212 17 427.7 427.7 308.6 427.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.89 m Freezing level: 679.45 mb = 3395.36 m = 11139.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.07 mb = 3277.60 m = 10753.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 20.35 C = 68.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.63 mb = 2453.42 m = 8049.19 ft T: 6.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.72 mb = 2463.28 m = 8081.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.35 C = 68.62 F Cap Strength: -0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 322.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.36 mb = 2499.83 m = 8201.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.36 mb = 2554.49 m = 8380.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.36 mb = 9150.52 m = 30021.03 ft B at Equ Level: 321.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.36 mb = 11392.96 m = 37378.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.6 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 231.6 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 12.56 Bulk Shear: 25.67 m/s