MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 48.89,-120.94 Latitude: 48.89 Longitude: -120.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 530 2 900 1012 SFC 860 1412 26.7 10.1 35 16.6 15.9 45 3 313.1 314.8 294.6 341.1 9.05 4 850 1516 24.8 8.9 36 15.9 14.7 39 2 312.1 313.7 293.9 338.3 8.46 5 800 2043 19.7 7.3 44 12.4 12.0 29 3 312.2 313.7 293.6 337.1 8.03 6 750 2593 14.6 5.4 54 9.2 9.1 6 3 312.5 313.9 293.3 335.8 7.53 7 700 3171 9.4 1.5 57 8.0 5.0 6 3 312.9 314.1 292.3 332.0 6.08 8 650 3780 3.9 -1.6 67 5.5 1.1 20 3 313.4 314.4 291.7 330.0 5.26 9 600 4424 -1.6 -4.9 78 3.3 -3.1 99 2 314.3 315.1 291.3 328.4 4.44 10 550 5111 -6.2 -11.5 66 5.3 -8.3 124 6 316.7 317.3 290.6 326.2 2.88 11 500 5851 -10.5 -23.3 34 12.8 -14.1 122 5 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.3 1.17 12 450 6652 -16.5 -30.7 28 14.1 -19.5 166 5 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.8 0.66 13 400 7524 -23.4 -28.3 64 4.9 -24.4 196 4 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.93 14 350 8486 -30.5 -35.7 61 5.2 -31.3 254 4 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.52 15 300 9561 -38.8 -46.7 43 8.0 -39.4 227 15 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.19 16 250 10787 -48.6 -54.1 53 5.5 -48.8 228 26 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 17 200 12233 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.6 246 19 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14099 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 251 20 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16673 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.0 286 7 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.25 m Freezing level: 614.42 mb = 4238.57 m = 13905.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.01 mb = 3942.71 m = 12935.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.98 mb = 3482.59 m = 11425.68 ft T: 6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 16.81 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.37 mb = 3712.64 m = 12180.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 36.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 832.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.52 mb = 3586.35 m = 11766.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.52 mb = 3898.41 m = 12789.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.52 mb = 11037.48 m = 36211.78 ft B at Equ Level: 831.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.52 mb = 13266.76 m = 43525.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.9 at 3.8 knts Storm direction: 133.9 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -2.3 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 459.85 Bulk Shear: 1.81 m/s