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: 49.77,-120.01 Latitude: 49.77 Longitude: -120.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 549 2 900 1027 SFC 866 1361 24.1 13.0 50 11.0 16.7 237 2 309.7 311.8 295.1 343.1 10.96 4 850 1527 21.8 12.0 54 9.8 15.3 245 2 309.0 310.9 294.4 340.6 10.40 5 800 2049 16.7 11.0 69 5.6 13.0 285 3 308.9 310.9 294.4 340.5 10.39 6 750 2594 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.4 305 5 309.0 310.9 294.3 340.1 10.22 7 700 3166 6.6 4.4 86 2.2 5.3 24 7 309.8 311.2 292.5 332.8 7.50 8 650 3770 2.1 -2.2 73 4.3 -0.1 64 12 311.3 312.2 290.8 326.9 4.99 9 600 4410 -2.9 -11.7 50 8.9 -6.4 77 14 312.8 313.3 289.1 321.2 2.59 10 550 5093 -7.7 -15.6 53 7.9 -10.4 65 16 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.8 2.07 11 500 5828 -11.8 -30.8 19 19.0 -16.0 74 19 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.7 0.58 12 450 6626 -17.0 -31.0 29 14.0 -19.8 76 16 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.2 0.64 13 400 7499 -22.2 -31.0 45 8.8 -23.9 85 12 326.1 326.3 291.3 328.7 0.72 14 350 8468 -28.8 -36.7 46 7.9 -29.9 116 7 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.47 15 300 9550 -38.5 -42.8 63 4.4 -38.8 154 9 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.29 16 250 10771 -49.0 -55.1 49 6.1 -49.2 158 10 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12223 -50.6 -75.5 4 24.9 -51.1 210 8 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14093 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 222 7 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16675 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 17 1 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.01 m Freezing level: 629.10 mb = 4037.57 m = 13246.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.90 mb = 3758.75 m = 12331.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.11 % Est. max temperature: 23.93 C = 75.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.33 mb = 2746.58 m = 9010.99 ft T: 10.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 21.95 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.42 mb = 2790.77 m = 9155.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 43.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1392.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.26 mb = 2758.67 m = 9050.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.26 mb = 2815.27 m = 9236.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.26 mb = 11306.28 m = 37093.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1389.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.26 mb = 14081.32 m = 46198.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 97.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 55.70 Bulk Shear: 25.00 m/s