MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 49.46,-117.53 Latitude: 49.46 Longitude: -117.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 558 2 900 1033 SFC 873 1301 22.8 11.7 50 11.1 15.6 231 4 307.7 309.6 293.8 338.0 9.98 4 850 1529 19.9 10.6 55 9.3 14.0 237 4 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.6 9.47 5 800 2047 14.8 9.6 71 5.2 11.5 251 4 306.9 308.7 293.2 335.4 9.41 6 750 2589 9.9 7.1 83 2.8 8.2 290 4 307.3 308.9 292.5 332.9 8.46 7 700 3159 5.6 1.5 75 4.1 3.4 13 8 308.7 309.8 291.0 327.4 6.09 8 650 3760 1.3 -4.0 68 5.3 -1.2 45 14 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.2 4.38 9 600 4400 -2.6 -11.6 50 9.0 -6.1 69 20 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.6 2.62 10 550 5084 -6.7 -26.7 19 20.0 -11.9 68 17 316.2 316.3 288.4 318.9 0.78 11 500 5819 -12.1 -14.4 83 2.3 -12.9 67 13 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.6 2.51 12 450 6621 -15.7 -16.9 90 1.3 -16.1 118 2 323.6 324.0 292.0 331.2 2.26 13 400 7500 -21.4 -28.4 53 7.0 -22.9 177 5 327.1 327.3 291.8 330.4 0.92 14 350 8471 -28.6 -38.2 39 9.7 -29.9 193 5 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.40 15 300 9554 -37.6 -40.8 72 3.2 -37.9 165 8 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 16 250 10783 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.9 176 21 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12231 -51.0 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 217 13 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14098 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 235 7 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 316 4 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.55 m Freezing level: 633.09 mb = 3976.52 m = 13046.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.25 mb = 3596.51 m = 11799.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.96 % Est. max temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.93 mb = 2689.78 m = 8824.64 ft T: 9.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 19.08 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.86 mb = 2802.69 m = 9195.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 477.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.56 mb = 2716.21 m = 8911.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.56 mb = 3000.43 m = 9843.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.56 mb = 10952.09 m = 35931.61 ft B at Equ Level: 470.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.56 mb = 12443.67 m = 40825.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 61.6 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 91.6 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 18.39 Bulk Shear: 25.96 m/s