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: 49.48,-122.40 Latitude: 49.48 Longitude: -122.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 543 SFC 924 792 27.2 19.1 61 8.1 21.4 216 4 307.2 310.1 297.3 353.3 15.27 3 900 1021 24.2 17.7 67 6.5 19.6 221 3 306.5 309.1 296.5 349.4 14.30 4 850 1520 22.0 7.8 40 14.2 13.2 196 1 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.1 7.82 5 800 2042 18.7 0.5 29 18.2 8.7 93 2 311.0 312.0 290.7 326.5 4.96 6 750 2591 14.5 -4.5 27 19.0 5.1 172 3 312.3 313.0 289.9 323.9 3.65 7 700 3168 9.7 -3.5 39 13.2 3.1 202 7 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.7 4.22 8 650 3777 4.4 -5.2 50 9.6 -0.2 202 8 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.6 3.98 9 600 4422 -0.9 -15.1 33 14.2 -6.1 175 6 315.1 315.5 289.2 321.6 1.98 10 550 5110 -4.9 -37.9 6 32.9 -11.8 207 3 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.2 0.27 11 500 5851 -10.5 -31.5 16 21.0 -15.2 230 5 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.55 12 450 6650 -17.3 -32.1 26 14.8 -20.3 212 8 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.5 0.58 13 400 7519 -24.7 -37.0 31 12.3 -26.5 211 8 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.40 14 350 8477 -31.1 -49.2 15 18.1 -32.6 244 12 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.12 15 300 9551 -39.8 -49.7 34 10.0 -40.4 244 21 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.14 16 250 10772 -48.8 -63.0 17 14.3 -49.1 235 26 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 17 200 12220 -50.7 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.1 247 21 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14089 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 251 18 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16668 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 275 8 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.96 m Freezing level: 608.46 mb = 4312.82 m = 14149.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.27 mb = 3736.05 m = 12257.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.56 mb = 1813.19 m = 5948.73 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 29.33 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.44 mb = 3186.55 m = 10454.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 27.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1439.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.51 mb = 2585.17 m = 8481.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.51 mb = 3707.91 m = 12164.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.51 mb = 11440.78 m = 37534.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1423.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.51 mb = 14282.17 m = 46856.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2183.62 Bulk Shear: 0.66 m/s