MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 50.45,-117.59 Latitude: 50.45 Longitude: -117.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 595 2 900 1060 SFC 851 1535 14.8 14.2 96 0.6 14.4 288 4 301.5 303.7 293.6 336.9 12.02 4 850 1547 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 293 3 300.7 302.9 293.0 334.9 11.62 5 800 2056 10.2 9.3 94 0.9 9.7 315 6 302.1 303.8 291.6 329.5 9.26 6 750 2591 7.6 6.3 92 1.2 6.9 318 4 304.8 306.3 291.4 329.0 8.03 7 700 3157 4.5 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 258 4 307.4 308.7 291.1 327.8 6.67 8 650 3758 1.0 -0.9 87 1.9 0.0 272 5 310.1 311.1 290.9 327.2 5.51 9 600 4397 -2.3 -3.6 91 1.3 -2.9 282 4 313.5 314.4 291.4 328.9 4.90 10 550 5085 -5.9 -7.0 92 1.1 -6.4 241 6 317.1 317.8 291.8 330.3 4.10 11 500 5825 -10.5 -12.1 88 1.6 -11.1 225 6 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.2 3.02 12 450 6628 -15.8 -17.4 87 1.6 -16.3 210 7 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.7 2.17 13 400 7505 -22.1 -24.7 79 2.6 -22.7 180 8 326.3 326.5 291.9 330.8 1.29 14 350 8472 -29.3 -32.1 76 2.8 -29.7 161 12 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.0 0.74 15 300 9554 -38.2 -41.4 72 3.2 -38.5 159 20 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.34 16 250 10776 -50.0 -53.5 67 3.5 -50.1 156 34 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.11 17 200 12214 -50.6 -71.6 7 20.9 -51.1 187 21 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14087 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 204 17 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16696 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 187 10 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.19 m Freezing level: 635.17 mb = 3947.48 m = 12950.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.66 mb = 3761.91 m = 12342.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.84 % Est. max temperature: 20.36 C = 68.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.73 mb = 1609.01 m = 5278.85 ft T: 13.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 9.75 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2192.64 m = 7193.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.99 C = 60.78 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.01 mb = 2149.53 m = 7052.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.01 mb = 2857.87 m = 9376.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 576.01 mb = 4719.55 m = 15483.89 ft B at Equ Level: 31.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 426.01 mb = 7035.48 m = 23081.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -129.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.68 Bulk Shear: 3.67 m/s