MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 52.19,-122.66 Latitude: 52.19 Longitude: -122.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 565 2 900 1044 SFC 895 1091 27.4 10.1 34 17.3 16.3 7 5 310.3 311.9 293.6 337.0 8.71 4 850 1543 21.7 7.6 40 14.1 13.0 1 7 308.8 310.3 292.4 332.4 7.70 5 800 2064 16.6 6.2 50 10.4 10.4 354 8 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.7 7.47 6 750 2609 11.7 2.4 53 9.3 6.5 345 11 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.0 6.07 7 700 3180 6.7 -3.2 49 9.9 1.8 349 9 309.9 310.7 289.8 323.4 4.32 8 650 3784 3.4 -21.3 14 24.7 -4.7 48 5 312.8 313.0 287.6 316.5 1.08 9 600 4428 -0.7 -21.4 19 20.7 -7.3 46 7 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.2 1.16 10 550 5115 -6.1 -27.6 16 21.5 -11.6 40 9 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.4 0.72 11 500 5853 -10.6 -38.3 8 27.6 -15.8 45 13 320.1 320.1 289.1 321.1 0.28 12 450 6653 -17.2 -31.3 28 14.0 -20.1 48 17 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.8 0.62 13 400 7525 -23.0 -42.6 15 19.6 -25.5 51 22 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.22 14 350 8485 -31.5 -46.1 22 14.6 -32.9 60 27 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.17 15 300 9557 -40.2 -53.3 23 13.1 -40.8 64 23 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.09 16 250 10775 -49.0 -61.2 23 12.2 -49.3 54 14 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 12220 -52.6 -71.7 8 19.1 -52.9 318 7 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14084 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 262 4 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16675 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 357 3 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.39 m Freezing level: 608.62 mb = 4316.75 m = 14162.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.88 mb = 3346.29 m = 10978.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.40 mb = 3245.68 m = 10648.42 ft T: 6.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 20.54 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.33 mb = 3643.44 m = 11953.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 29.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.26 mb = 3306.27 m = 10847.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.26 mb = 4773.99 m = 15662.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.26 mb = 10661.99 m = 34979.87 ft B at Equ Level: 364.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.26 mb = 12408.41 m = 40709.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 29.4 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 59.4 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -2.9 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 103.73 Bulk Shear: 3.54 m/s