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: 52.53,-116.57 Latitude: 52.53 Longitude: -116.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 550 2 900 1027 3 850 1526 SFC 814 1901 19.5 9.2 51 10.3 13.0 135 5 310.4 312.1 293.8 337.9 8.98 5 800 2049 18.0 7.9 52 10.1 11.7 142 7 310.3 311.9 293.3 336.0 8.36 6 750 2596 13.1 5.8 61 7.2 8.8 148 9 310.7 312.2 293.0 334.6 7.75 7 700 3171 8.2 3.6 73 4.5 5.6 166 8 311.5 312.9 292.7 333.6 7.12 8 650 3778 2.8 0.7 86 2.1 1.7 208 5 312.2 313.3 292.1 331.5 6.21 9 600 4421 -1.7 -2.3 96 0.6 -2.0 240 7 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.1 5.39 10 550 5108 -6.5 -7.6 92 1.1 -7.0 249 7 316.3 317.1 291.4 328.9 3.91 11 500 5845 -11.6 -14.1 82 2.5 -12.5 239 6 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.5 2.58 12 450 6644 -17.1 -21.4 69 4.3 -18.3 225 7 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.0 1.54 13 400 7516 -23.7 -27.4 71 3.7 -24.4 237 10 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.8 1.01 14 350 8477 -30.9 -34.4 71 3.5 -31.4 248 16 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.59 15 300 9550 -40.1 -44.1 66 4.0 -40.4 259 29 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.25 16 250 10765 -50.4 -55.0 58 4.6 -50.5 260 40 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.5 0.09 17 200 12211 -50.1 -73.9 4 23.8 -50.5 264 31 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14080 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 266 19 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16662 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 292 12 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.83 m Freezing level: 618.98 mb = 4176.83 m = 13703.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.51 mb = 4060.87 m = 13322.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.57 % Est. max temperature: 20.99 C = 69.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.12 mb = 3193.46 m = 10477.12 ft T: 7.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 10.94 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.45 mb = 3598.10 m = 11804.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.99 C = 69.78 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.39 mb = 3452.34 m = 11326.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.39 mb = 3760.63 m = 12337.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.39 mb = 10991.94 m = 36062.36 ft B at Equ Level: 723.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.39 mb = 12845.61 m = 42143.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 71.37 Bulk Shear: 10.15 m/s