MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 48.09,-120.99 Latitude: 48.09 Longitude: -120.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 562 2 900 1037 SFC 851 1520 21.1 12.0 56 9.1 15.1 268 4 308.1 310.1 294.2 339.7 10.41 4 850 1533 20.1 11.6 58 8.5 14.6 272 4 307.3 309.2 293.8 338.0 10.18 5 800 2052 15.3 9.8 70 5.5 11.9 250 3 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.4 9.56 6 750 2595 10.6 6.1 74 4.5 8.0 157 6 308.1 309.6 292.3 332.3 7.92 7 700 3165 5.3 3.7 89 1.6 4.4 147 8 308.4 309.7 291.7 330.2 7.14 8 650 3766 0.7 -2.4 80 3.1 -0.8 140 12 309.7 310.7 290.3 325.1 4.94 9 600 4404 -3.2 -8.3 68 5.1 -5.4 170 17 312.4 313.0 289.8 323.2 3.40 10 550 5086 -8.2 -11.1 79 2.9 -9.4 182 18 314.4 314.9 290.0 324.0 2.97 11 500 5820 -12.6 -14.9 83 2.2 -13.4 199 18 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.6 2.41 12 450 6618 -16.7 -21.3 68 4.6 -18.0 204 18 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.56 13 400 7491 -23.3 -29.2 59 5.8 -24.5 218 17 324.7 324.8 291.0 327.7 0.86 14 350 8451 -31.9 -38.1 54 6.2 -32.7 212 17 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.41 15 300 9520 -40.0 -52.2 26 12.2 -40.7 194 18 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.10 16 250 10748 -45.7 -63.7 11 18.0 -46.2 188 22 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12216 -49.4 -75.5 3 26.0 -50.0 186 14 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14088 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 193 8 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16663 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.0 116 3 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.08 m Freezing level: 641.21 mb = 3878.20 m = 12723.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.68 mb = 3670.81 m = 12043.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.16 % Est. max temperature: 21.35 C = 70.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.16 mb = 2659.84 m = 8726.40 ft T: 10.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.41 mb = 2882.00 m = 9455.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.24 C = 70.24 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 42.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 899.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.65 mb = 2799.92 m = 9185.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.65 mb = 2971.05 m = 9747.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.65 mb = 10313.72 m = 33837.25 ft B at Equ Level: 898.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.65 mb = 13024.22 m = 42729.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.8 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 216.8 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 40.46 Bulk Shear: 22.24 m/s