MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 56.89,-116.60 Latitude: 56.89 Longitude: -116.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 563 SFC 939 666 21.9 18.7 82 3.1 19.7 357 4 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.3 14.65 3 900 1033 20.5 15.9 75 4.6 17.4 79 11 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.3 12.74 4 850 1525 17.5 13.3 77 4.1 14.8 119 19 304.4 306.6 293.9 338.5 11.40 5 800 2040 12.9 11.5 91 1.4 12.0 138 20 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.0 10.73 6 750 2579 8.9 7.8 93 1.1 8.2 162 22 306.2 307.8 292.5 333.0 8.87 7 700 3147 5.0 3.1 87 2.0 3.9 177 19 308.0 309.3 291.4 328.9 6.83 8 650 3748 1.3 -2.7 75 4.0 -0.7 184 15 310.4 311.3 290.4 325.5 4.82 9 600 4389 -2.4 -8.1 65 5.7 -4.8 189 19 313.4 314.0 290.1 324.5 3.46 10 550 5073 -7.1 -9.3 84 2.2 -8.0 200 20 315.7 316.3 290.8 326.8 3.44 11 500 5811 -10.8 -12.4 88 1.6 -11.5 200 17 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.6 2.95 12 450 6615 -15.2 -17.9 80 2.6 -16.1 197 12 324.1 324.5 292.0 331.2 2.08 13 400 7494 -21.0 -24.4 74 3.4 -21.8 211 6 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.4 1.33 14 350 8465 -28.7 -32.7 68 4.0 -29.3 235 8 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.70 15 300 9549 -37.8 -45.3 46 7.4 -38.4 207 15 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.22 16 250 10775 -49.0 -58.1 34 9.0 -49.3 233 25 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.06 17 200 12202 -56.4 -66.4 27 10.1 -56.6 234 32 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14058 -51.0 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 229 24 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16682 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.3 271 8 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.09 m Freezing level: 632.32 mb = 3974.88 m = 13040.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.38 mb = 3656.88 m = 11997.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.87 mb = 1063.03 m = 3487.59 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 18.85 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1898.19 m = 6227.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.75 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 39.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1272.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.19 mb = 1664.23 m = 5460.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.19 mb = 2132.65 m = 6996.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.19 mb = 11853.73 m = 38889.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1262.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.19 mb = 14006.76 m = 45953.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.9 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 203.9 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 211.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 21.75 Bulk Shear: 58.50 m/s