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: 53.95,-121.67 Latitude: 53.95 Longitude: -121.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 579 SFC 913 931 25.1 11.4 42 13.6 16.3 309 4 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.3 9.33 3 900 1052 22.7 9.7 44 13.0 14.6 309 4 304.9 306.5 291.8 330.3 8.43 4 850 1545 17.8 7.8 52 10.0 11.7 312 5 304.8 306.2 291.2 328.3 7.83 5 800 2060 15.2 -10.8 16 26.0 4.0 316 7 307.4 307.8 286.8 314.1 2.10 6 750 2602 12.3 -17.0 11 29.3 1.2 311 7 310.0 310.2 286.9 314.4 1.35 7 700 3175 8.5 -20.3 11 28.8 -1.5 315 6 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.6 1.09 8 650 3781 4.1 -23.5 11 27.6 -4.6 330 5 313.6 313.8 287.6 316.6 0.88 9 600 4425 -0.6 -29.6 9 29.0 -8.2 346 5 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.4 0.55 10 550 5114 -4.9 -32.3 10 27.4 -11.3 12 7 318.3 318.4 288.7 319.9 0.46 11 500 5855 -10.4 -28.2 22 17.8 -14.8 33 13 320.3 320.5 289.6 323.0 0.75 12 450 6656 -16.2 -38.3 13 22.1 -19.9 39 18 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.31 13 400 7530 -22.8 -42.7 14 19.9 -25.4 38 20 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.22 14 350 8491 -31.5 -46.7 21 15.2 -32.9 44 21 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.16 15 300 9561 -40.5 -55.5 19 14.9 -41.3 48 24 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 16 250 10776 -49.9 -60.4 28 10.5 -50.2 34 19 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 17 200 12212 -54.5 -68.8 16 14.2 -54.8 360 13 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14074 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 299 10 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 19 100 16667 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 331 8 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.97 m Freezing level: 606.17 mb = 4345.71 m = 14257.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.59 mb = 2854.11 m = 9363.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.70 mb = 2638.97 m = 8657.94 ft T: 12.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.49 mb = 4039.18 m = 13251.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.55 F Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lifted Index: 2.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.34 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 7.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7425.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.30 mb = 3018.81 m = 9904.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.9 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 31.9 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 5.66 m/s