MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 49.80,-122.76 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -122.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 545 2 900 1023 SFC 864 1375 22.9 17.9 74 4.9 19.4 248 5 308.6 311.4 297.5 354.4 15.11 4 850 1521 20.6 17.2 81 3.3 18.2 260 6 307.7 310.4 297.1 352.1 14.70 5 800 2043 16.7 13.0 79 3.6 14.3 292 4 308.9 311.1 295.5 344.9 11.87 6 750 2590 13.3 7.2 66 6.1 9.5 16 3 311.0 312.6 293.6 337.2 8.50 7 700 3166 8.0 4.2 77 3.8 5.8 21 4 311.3 312.7 292.9 334.2 7.39 8 650 3772 2.4 1.5 94 0.9 2.0 26 4 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.59 9 600 4414 -2.1 -4.3 84 2.3 -3.1 39 8 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.4 4.63 10 550 5100 -6.2 -12.6 61 6.4 -8.7 63 7 316.7 317.2 290.4 325.4 2.64 11 500 5839 -10.9 -28.1 23 17.1 -15.1 85 7 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.4 0.76 12 450 6638 -16.8 -31.8 26 15.0 -19.8 82 6 322.1 322.3 290.0 324.3 0.59 13 400 7513 -22.1 -36.6 25 14.6 -24.4 77 4 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.41 14 350 8480 -29.2 -37.6 44 8.4 -30.4 251 6 329.3 329.4 292.0 330.9 0.43 15 300 9562 -38.0 -41.5 69 3.6 -38.3 217 21 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.33 16 250 10787 -48.9 -55.0 49 6.1 -49.1 212 38 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.09 17 200 12229 -53.6 -71.7 9 18.2 -53.9 215 22 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 14091 -52.3 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 224 15 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16675 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 201 3 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.01 m Freezing level: 623.00 mb = 4118.50 m = 13511.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.84 mb = 4011.80 m = 13161.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.97 mb = 1999.95 m = 6561.44 ft T: 16.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 32.03 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2651.29 m = 8698.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.39 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -8.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 28.17 C K Index: 44.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2287.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.67 mb = 2381.57 m = 7813.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.67 mb = 2888.44 m = 9476.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.67 mb = 12111.88 m = 39736.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2281.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.67 mb = 15321.10 m = 50265.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.7 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 82.7 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 158.54 Bulk Shear: 14.43 m/s