MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 49.20,-115.28 Latitude: 49.20 Longitude: -115.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 563 2 900 1037 SFC 889 1144 23.4 12.9 52 10.4 16.5 242 4 306.7 308.6 294.0 338.6 10.59 4 850 1531 18.4 11.8 65 6.6 14.1 241 5 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.2 10.26 5 800 2047 13.5 10.5 82 3.0 11.6 247 6 305.5 307.4 293.2 335.6 10.01 6 750 2587 9.0 5.9 81 3.1 7.2 281 10 306.3 307.8 291.7 330.0 7.80 7 700 3154 4.9 -4.4 51 9.3 0.5 301 9 308.0 308.7 288.8 320.3 3.94 8 650 3754 1.4 -18.1 22 19.5 -5.3 315 9 310.5 310.8 287.1 315.2 1.41 9 600 4394 -2.2 -27.2 13 25.0 -8.9 321 10 313.6 313.7 287.4 316.0 0.69 10 550 5078 -7.1 -22.7 28 15.6 -11.6 326 12 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.5 1.13 11 500 5813 -12.2 -25.8 31 13.6 -15.6 317 16 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.4 0.93 12 450 6609 -17.5 -29.7 34 12.2 -20.1 317 19 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.8 0.72 13 400 7479 -23.9 -36.6 30 12.6 -25.9 320 18 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.4 0.42 14 350 8441 -30.1 -33.8 70 3.8 -30.6 306 13 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.63 15 300 9518 -39.5 -45.5 53 6.1 -39.9 283 5 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.22 16 250 10738 -48.2 -61.6 20 13.3 -48.6 268 10 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.04 17 200 12192 -51.3 -72.3 6 21.0 -51.7 255 14 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14059 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 240 12 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16637 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 217 7 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.51 m Freezing level: 630.59 mb = 4002.44 m = 13131.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.28 mb = 3209.15 m = 10528.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.38 % Est. max temperature: 23.40 C = 74.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.28 mb = 2451.15 m = 8041.74 ft T: 10.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 23.39 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.13 mb = 2463.74 m = 8083.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.88 C = 73.19 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 33.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 909.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.18 mb = 2408.48 m = 7901.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.18 mb = 2573.85 m = 8444.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.18 mb = 10972.16 m = 35997.45 ft B at Equ Level: 898.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.18 mb = 13201.69 m = 43312.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 339.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 62.86 Bulk Shear: 14.47 m/s