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: 50.59,-118.32 Latitude: 50.59 Longitude: -118.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 543 2 900 1022 SFC 853 1487 23.3 12.5 51 10.8 16.1 315 3 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.9 10.72 4 850 1522 22.4 11.9 51 10.6 15.5 324 3 309.6 311.6 294.6 341.1 10.32 5 800 2045 17.3 10.2 63 7.1 12.7 324 4 309.6 311.4 294.2 339.5 9.81 6 750 2592 12.1 8.9 81 3.2 10.1 333 4 309.7 311.5 294.1 339.1 9.62 7 700 3165 7.3 4.3 81 3.0 5.5 18 5 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.5 7.46 8 650 3770 2.5 -2.0 72 4.5 0.3 49 9 311.8 312.8 291.1 327.8 5.10 9 600 4412 -2.5 -5.6 80 3.1 -3.9 60 10 313.2 314.0 290.7 326.6 4.22 10 550 5095 -7.5 -15.9 51 8.3 -10.4 60 14 315.1 315.5 289.3 321.8 2.01 11 500 5830 -11.9 -30.5 20 18.5 -16.0 59 17 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.6 0.61 12 450 6628 -17.2 -39.0 13 21.8 -20.7 49 11 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.29 13 400 7501 -22.2 -45.8 10 23.6 -25.1 353 5 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.7 0.16 14 350 8470 -28.8 -38.7 38 9.9 -30.1 250 6 330.0 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.38 15 300 9553 -38.0 -45.9 43 7.9 -38.7 229 19 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 16 250 10778 -48.4 -55.3 45 6.8 -48.7 212 22 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12226 -51.9 -73.7 6 21.8 -52.2 238 14 350.6 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14092 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 258 8 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 322 5 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.86 m Freezing level: 624.95 mb = 4091.65 m = 13423.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.95 mb = 3808.12 m = 12493.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.01 % Est. max temperature: 23.56 C = 74.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.11 mb = 2838.02 m = 9310.97 ft T: 10.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 22.28 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.16 mb = 2998.88 m = 9838.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.39 C = 74.11 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.36 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 43.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1210.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.65 mb = 2923.64 m = 9591.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.65 mb = 3098.51 m = 10165.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.65 mb = 11443.11 m = 37542.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1191.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.65 mb = 13852.17 m = 45446.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.1 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 76.1 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 103.45 Bulk Shear: 11.70 m/s