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: 54.07,-118.32 Latitude: 54.07 Longitude: -118.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1027 SFC 874 1288 25.3 13.1 47 12.2 17.1 141 4 310.2 312.2 295.1 343.4 10.89 4 850 1527 21.9 11.3 51 10.6 15.0 148 4 309.1 310.9 294.1 339.3 9.93 5 800 2049 16.7 10.0 64 6.7 12.4 157 4 309.0 310.8 293.9 338.4 9.66 6 750 2595 12.5 3.1 53 9.3 7.2 222 7 310.1 311.3 291.7 329.9 6.40 7 700 3168 7.8 -3.8 44 11.6 2.1 230 9 311.1 311.9 290.0 324.2 4.14 8 650 3773 3.1 -13.7 28 16.8 -3.4 230 8 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.1 2.04 9 600 4416 -1.2 -20.7 21 19.5 -7.4 242 8 314.8 315.0 288.4 318.9 1.23 10 550 5102 -6.2 -24.8 21 18.5 -11.4 250 10 316.7 316.9 288.7 319.9 0.93 11 500 5839 -11.9 -28.0 25 16.1 -15.7 248 11 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.76 12 450 6634 -18.7 -28.4 42 9.7 -20.8 249 12 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.6 0.82 13 400 7499 -25.9 -32.2 55 6.3 -26.9 259 11 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.7 0.64 14 350 8450 -33.9 -37.7 68 3.8 -34.3 254 15 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.43 15 300 9509 -42.8 -48.6 52 5.9 -43.1 252 19 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.15 16 250 10717 -49.4 -62.3 21 12.8 -49.8 255 17 332.5 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.04 17 200 12173 -49.3 -71.6 6 22.3 -49.8 257 15 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.01 18 150 14050 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 274 10 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16643 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 310 10 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.34 m Freezing level: 613.86 mb = 4237.86 m = 13903.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.88 mb = 3394.55 m = 11136.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.60 mb = 2812.69 m = 9227.87 ft T: 10.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 24.55 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3142.95 m = 10311.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1581.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.59 mb = 2927.40 m = 9604.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.59 mb = 3458.19 m = 11345.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.59 mb = 11104.72 m = 36432.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1578.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.59 mb = 13811.55 m = 45312.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 130.37 Bulk Shear: 12.13 m/s