MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 47.47,-123.18 Latitude: 47.47 Longitude: -123.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 964 424 25.4 17.9 63 7.5 20.2 159 3 301.8 304.3 294.7 341.7 13.53 2 950 548 24.5 17.9 67 6.6 19.9 157 4 302.1 304.6 294.9 342.5 13.69 3 900 1020 22.2 14.5 61 7.8 17.0 225 1 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.9 11.57 4 850 1517 21.4 5.3 35 16.0 11.9 272 1 308.5 309.8 291.3 328.7 6.59 5 800 2038 17.9 2.9 37 15.0 9.3 54 2 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.5 5.90 6 750 2586 14.1 -2.2 32 16.3 5.6 93 2 311.9 312.7 290.4 325.5 4.33 7 700 3163 9.4 -1.3 47 10.7 3.8 141 5 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.5 4.96 8 650 3771 4.2 -7.4 42 11.6 -1.1 110 4 313.7 314.4 290.2 324.6 3.37 9 600 4416 -0.5 -20.1 21 19.6 -7.0 74 7 315.5 315.8 288.7 319.8 1.29 10 550 5104 -5.4 -28.9 14 23.6 -11.3 73 12 317.7 317.8 288.7 319.9 0.64 11 500 5843 -10.8 -33.2 14 22.3 -15.6 77 14 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.47 12 450 6643 -17.1 -35.9 18 18.8 -20.4 90 11 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.2 0.40 13 400 7513 -24.1 -28.4 68 4.3 -24.9 145 8 323.7 323.8 290.8 326.9 0.92 14 350 8473 -30.1 -46.0 20 15.9 -31.6 178 14 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.18 15 300 9550 -38.8 -44.7 53 6.0 -39.2 195 21 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.24 16 250 10774 -48.8 -54.9 49 6.1 -49.0 199 30 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.09 17 200 12227 -50.0 -75.0 4 25.0 -50.5 211 17 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14098 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 234 16 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16677 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 210 7 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.36 m Freezing level: 605.55 mb = 4344.21 m = 14252.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.01 mb = 3633.06 m = 11919.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.29 mb = 1381.76 m = 4533.27 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.48 mb = 2956.25 m = 9698.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.09 C = 96.96 F Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.21 C Cross Totals Index: 16.17 C K Index: 26.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1039.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 295.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.59 mb = 1956.66 m = 6419.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.59 mb = 3863.32 m = 12674.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.59 mb = 11243.89 m = 36888.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1024.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.59 mb = 13574.22 m = 44534.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.6 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 115.6 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 182.11 Bulk Shear: 5.71 m/s