MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 50.25,-123.12 Latitude: 50.25 Longitude: -123.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 540 2 900 1019 SFC 861 1411 24.1 14.2 54 9.9 17.4 221 4 310.3 312.5 295.9 346.6 11.91 4 850 1520 22.5 12.6 53 10.0 15.9 217 5 309.7 311.8 295.0 342.7 10.82 5 800 2044 17.5 11.3 67 6.3 13.4 223 5 309.8 311.8 294.8 342.0 10.55 6 750 2591 12.7 8.1 74 4.6 9.9 221 2 310.4 312.1 293.9 338.3 9.11 7 700 3166 8.0 1.8 65 6.3 4.6 30 2 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.7 6.22 8 650 3772 2.5 -1.1 77 3.6 0.7 33 3 311.8 312.8 291.4 328.8 5.44 9 600 4413 -2.4 -9.7 57 7.3 -5.4 44 7 313.3 313.9 289.7 323.2 3.05 10 550 5098 -6.3 -20.3 32 14.1 -10.6 57 5 316.7 316.9 289.2 321.3 1.38 11 500 5836 -11.2 -24.5 32 13.3 -14.7 68 3 319.4 319.6 289.7 323.0 1.05 12 450 6636 -16.4 -29.6 31 13.2 -19.3 171 1 322.6 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.73 13 400 7510 -22.5 -29.4 54 6.9 -23.9 226 3 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.84 14 350 8475 -30.2 -40.2 37 10.0 -31.4 261 5 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.33 15 300 9551 -39.3 -46.5 46 7.2 -39.8 212 21 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.20 16 250 10772 -49.8 -53.9 62 4.1 -49.9 213 32 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12213 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 224 20 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14081 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 240 12 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16672 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 199 3 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.54 m Freezing level: 624.45 mb = 4099.60 m = 13449.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.55 mb = 3839.47 m = 12596.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.37 % Est. max temperature: 24.95 C = 76.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.40 mb = 2653.74 m = 8706.40 ft T: 12.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 25.29 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.84 mb = 2991.44 m = 9814.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1614.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.61 mb = 2855.43 m = 9368.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.61 mb = 3147.24 m = 10325.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.61 mb = 11550.70 m = 37895.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1606.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.61 mb = 14448.85 m = 47403.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 61.1 at 3.3 knts Storm direction: 91.1 at 2.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 202.37 Bulk Shear: 7.98 m/s