MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 53.16,-117.20 Latitude: 53.16 Longitude: -117.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 549 2 900 1028 SFC 861 1419 24.4 12.8 48 11.6 16.7 92 5 310.6 312.7 295.3 343.9 10.88 4 850 1528 22.2 11.6 51 10.6 15.3 100 5 309.4 311.3 294.4 340.2 10.12 5 800 2050 17.1 9.7 62 7.4 12.4 118 5 309.4 311.1 293.9 338.3 9.49 6 750 2597 13.2 4.6 56 8.5 8.2 234 3 310.9 312.2 292.5 332.9 7.13 7 700 3173 8.3 0.7 59 7.6 4.2 235 6 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.7 5.77 8 650 3779 3.2 -6.8 48 10.0 -1.4 237 10 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.8 3.52 9 600 4422 -1.3 -20.1 22 18.7 -7.4 230 10 314.6 314.8 288.4 318.9 1.30 10 550 5108 -6.0 -27.9 16 21.9 -11.6 227 8 316.9 317.1 288.5 319.4 0.70 11 500 5846 -11.6 -32.6 16 20.9 -16.0 226 8 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.6 0.49 12 450 6642 -18.1 -37.4 17 19.3 -21.2 222 9 320.5 320.5 289.3 321.7 0.34 13 400 7508 -25.3 -41.5 21 16.2 -27.3 228 9 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.25 14 350 8461 -33.5 -47.0 24 13.5 -34.6 238 14 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.16 15 300 9524 -42.0 -54.8 24 12.8 -42.6 248 19 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.07 16 250 10734 -49.5 -62.0 22 12.5 -49.9 256 29 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.04 17 200 12188 -49.4 -75.3 3 25.8 -50.0 256 23 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14060 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 268 15 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16648 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 305 12 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.71 m Freezing level: 614.77 mb = 4231.74 m = 13883.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.32 mb = 3625.35 m = 11894.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.85 mb = 2870.38 m = 9417.14 ft T: 10.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.98 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.75 mb = 3293.46 m = 10805.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 37.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1426.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.23 mb = 3040.05 m = 9973.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.23 mb = 3577.28 m = 11736.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.23 mb = 11103.34 m = 36427.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1424.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.23 mb = 13795.02 m = 45258.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 94.70 Bulk Shear: 15.07 m/s