MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 56.89,-121.34 Latitude: 56.89 Longitude: -121.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 571 SFC 929 771 26.8 14.2 46 12.6 18.4 323 3 306.4 308.4 294.2 339.6 11.06 3 900 1046 22.7 12.5 52 10.2 16.0 320 3 304.9 306.7 293.1 335.2 10.14 4 850 1539 17.7 11.1 65 6.6 13.6 314 3 304.7 306.6 292.9 334.2 9.83 5 800 2055 14.9 -0.3 35 15.3 6.9 306 9 307.1 308.0 289.2 321.5 4.67 6 750 2596 10.5 -1.9 42 12.4 4.2 280 8 308.0 308.8 289.3 321.7 4.44 7 700 3166 6.4 -8.7 33 15.1 -0.2 279 9 309.5 310.1 288.2 318.5 2.82 8 650 3768 1.5 -10.2 41 11.8 -3.3 272 11 310.7 311.2 288.5 319.3 2.70 9 600 4406 -3.6 -11.8 53 8.2 -6.8 246 12 311.9 312.4 288.8 320.3 2.58 10 550 5086 -8.8 -16.2 55 7.3 -11.3 232 14 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.1 1.97 11 500 5817 -13.5 -23.4 43 9.9 -16.1 226 17 316.6 316.8 288.9 320.5 1.16 12 450 6611 -18.4 -28.1 42 9.8 -20.5 230 24 320.2 320.3 289.7 323.1 0.84 13 400 7478 -24.4 -33.4 43 9.0 -25.9 229 30 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.3 0.57 14 350 8436 -32.0 -38.2 54 6.1 -32.8 225 38 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.40 15 300 9505 -40.4 -43.7 71 3.2 -40.7 214 47 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.27 16 250 10721 -50.2 -55.0 57 4.8 -50.4 214 53 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.09 17 200 12165 -50.1 -75.1 4 25.0 -50.6 212 43 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14045 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 222 30 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16677 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 226 16 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.61 m Freezing level: 635.11 mb = 3957.70 m = 12984.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.41 mb = 3137.52 m = 10293.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.91 mb = 2344.05 m = 7690.35 ft T: 12.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.13 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.88 mb = 2820.78 m = 9254.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 27.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 962.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.22 mb = 2416.93 m = 7929.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.22 mb = 3386.76 m = 11111.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.22 mb = 10952.24 m = 35932.12 ft B at Equ Level: 956.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.22 mb = 13180.42 m = 43242.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -7.5 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 60.23 Bulk Shear: 15.98 m/s