MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.64,-117.30 Latitude: 52.64 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 118 1 950 555 2 900 1025 3 850 1516 4 800 2031 SFC 780 2246 11.9 11.5 97 0.4 11.7 29 3 306.1 308.1 294.1 339.2 11.02 6 750 2571 9.1 9.0 99 0.1 9.0 46 3 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.5 9.63 7 700 3140 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 128 4 308.4 309.8 292.3 332.3 7.84 8 650 3742 1.7 1.4 97 0.4 1.5 190 6 310.9 312.2 292.0 331.1 6.52 9 600 4384 -1.9 -2.4 97 0.5 -2.1 219 9 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.8 5.36 10 550 5072 -5.2 -5.9 95 0.6 -5.5 227 12 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.4 4.49 11 500 5815 -9.4 -10.3 93 0.9 -9.8 226 13 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.0 3.49 12 450 6622 -14.5 -15.8 90 1.2 -15.0 220 13 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.4 2.49 13 400 7503 -20.9 -23.4 80 2.6 -21.5 211 12 327.9 328.2 292.5 333.0 1.44 14 350 8475 -28.3 -31.6 73 3.3 -28.9 191 11 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.5 0.78 15 300 9561 -37.2 -40.2 73 3.1 -37.5 164 19 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.38 16 250 10790 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.7 151 29 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12221 -54.1 -67.7 17 13.6 -54.4 186 33 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14082 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 202 20 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16691 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 219 8 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.90 m Freezing level: 626.26 mb = 4046.89 m = 13277.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.10 mb = 4004.25 m = 13137.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.71 % Est. max temperature: 17.52 C = 63.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.26 mb = 2294.32 m = 7527.20 ft T: 11.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.43 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2821.70 m = 9257.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.05 C = 55.49 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 116.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.55 mb = 2832.90 m = 9294.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.55 mb = 2889.82 m = 9480.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.55 mb = 8856.31 m = 29055.78 ft B at Equ Level: 116.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.55 mb = 11564.96 m = 37942.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.69 Bulk Shear: 20.50 m/s