MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 49.20,-116.00 Latitude: 49.20 Longitude: -116.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 589 2 900 1056 SFC 854 1500 15.4 12.0 80 3.5 13.2 194 2 301.9 303.8 292.4 332.5 10.34 4 850 1544 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 200 3 301.9 303.8 292.6 333.2 10.61 5 800 2054 11.5 9.4 87 2.1 10.2 228 2 303.4 305.2 292.0 331.2 9.32 6 750 2592 8.4 5.2 80 3.3 6.5 11 4 305.7 307.1 291.2 328.0 7.39 7 700 3158 4.5 1.7 82 2.9 3.0 13 11 307.5 308.7 290.7 326.4 6.18 8 650 3758 0.1 -1.8 87 1.9 -0.8 30 18 309.1 310.1 290.3 325.1 5.16 9 600 4394 -3.6 -11.6 54 8.0 -6.7 40 20 312.0 312.5 288.9 320.5 2.63 10 550 5077 -6.3 -32.6 10 26.3 -12.3 49 16 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.2 0.45 11 500 5815 -12.0 -16.0 72 4.0 -13.3 41 8 318.5 318.9 290.5 325.8 2.19 12 450 6615 -16.0 -17.2 91 1.2 -16.4 320 7 323.2 323.6 291.9 330.7 2.21 13 400 7493 -21.2 -36.2 25 15.0 -23.7 269 4 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.0 0.43 14 350 8462 -29.1 -34.5 59 5.4 -29.9 174 6 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.6 0.58 15 300 9544 -37.9 -41.1 72 3.2 -38.2 188 7 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.35 16 250 10771 -48.3 -53.2 56 5.0 -48.4 178 19 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 17 200 12225 -50.5 -73.8 5 23.4 -50.9 228 12 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14092 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 254 10 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16669 -59.3 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 190 2 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.34 m Freezing level: 647.98 mb = 3783.49 m = 12412.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.51 mb = 3628.09 m = 11903.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.56 % Est. max temperature: 20.67 C = 69.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.85 mb = 1940.71 m = 6367.09 ft T: 12.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.04 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.80 mb = 2593.92 m = 8510.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.09 C = 66.36 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.70 mb = 2332.68 m = 7653.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.70 mb = 3056.98 m = 10029.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.70 mb = 6636.39 m = 21772.68 ft B at Equ Level: 126.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.70 mb = 9343.54 m = 30654.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 26.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 56.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.42 Bulk Shear: 19.80 m/s