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: 53.10,-121.77 Latitude: 53.10 Longitude: -121.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 552 2 900 1031 SFC 873 1297 26.0 9.0 34 17.0 15.2 353 3 310.9 312.5 293.4 336.3 8.25 4 850 1533 23.1 6.6 34 16.5 13.1 357 3 310.4 311.7 292.4 332.6 7.22 5 800 2056 18.1 5.5 44 12.5 10.6 350 3 310.4 311.7 292.3 332.4 7.12 6 750 2603 12.9 2.7 50 10.2 7.2 329 2 310.6 311.7 291.7 329.8 6.21 7 700 3177 7.8 -2.1 50 9.9 2.8 299 6 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.8 4.69 8 650 3782 3.0 -11.3 34 14.3 -2.9 303 8 312.3 312.8 288.8 320.3 2.47 9 600 4425 -0.6 -22.4 17 21.8 -7.4 326 3 315.4 315.6 288.4 319.0 1.05 10 550 5113 -5.7 -24.5 21 18.9 -11.0 333 4 317.4 317.6 288.9 320.7 0.95 11 500 5851 -11.3 -30.4 19 19.1 -15.6 329 5 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.4 0.61 12 450 6648 -17.8 -37.0 17 19.2 -21.0 314 7 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.1 0.36 13 400 7517 -24.5 -46.8 11 22.2 -26.9 294 8 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.14 14 350 8472 -32.8 -43.2 35 10.3 -33.8 293 9 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.24 15 300 9535 -42.2 -47.3 58 5.1 -42.5 284 13 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.18 16 250 10741 -51.2 -57.5 47 6.3 -51.4 267 17 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.06 17 200 12186 -49.8 -73.3 5 23.5 -50.3 297 13 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14057 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 282 12 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16652 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 303 17 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.84 m Freezing level: 608.58 mb = 4314.71 m = 14155.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.47 mb = 3468.19 m = 11378.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.16 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.01 mb = 3413.51 m = 11199.05 ft T: 5.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 17.35 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.70 mb = 3835.27 m = 12582.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.48 C Cross Totals Index: 17.98 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 592.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.61 mb = 3600.55 m = 11812.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.61 mb = 4975.99 m = 16325.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.61 mb = 11015.59 m = 36139.94 ft B at Equ Level: 575.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.61 mb = 12532.97 m = 41118.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.6 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 348.6 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 465.83 Bulk Shear: 1.27 m/s