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: 49.94,-123.42 Latitude: 49.94 Longitude: -123.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 566 2 900 1039 SFC 889 1145 22.0 16.2 70 5.8 18.0 235 5 305.3 307.7 295.4 344.6 13.15 4 850 1532 17.2 14.7 85 2.6 15.5 234 5 304.2 306.5 294.6 341.3 12.44 5 800 2047 13.9 7.1 64 6.8 9.8 192 4 306.0 307.4 291.7 329.9 7.93 6 750 2589 10.9 3.2 59 7.7 6.5 159 4 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.1 6.43 7 700 3159 5.9 1.4 73 4.5 3.5 141 4 309.0 310.2 291.0 327.7 6.05 8 650 3761 1.2 -2.2 78 3.4 -0.5 131 4 310.3 311.2 290.5 325.9 5.00 9 600 4400 -3.1 -7.1 74 4.1 -4.8 146 2 312.6 313.3 290.1 324.5 3.74 10 550 5083 -7.7 -11.9 72 4.1 -9.4 168 4 314.9 315.4 290.0 324.0 2.80 11 500 5818 -12.4 -14.1 87 1.7 -13.0 198 6 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.4 2.57 12 450 6614 -17.9 -20.9 78 3.0 -18.7 209 6 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.2 1.61 13 400 7482 -25.0 -28.8 71 3.8 -25.8 203 7 322.5 322.6 290.5 325.6 0.88 14 350 8437 -32.0 -40.0 45 8.0 -32.9 183 7 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.34 15 300 9506 -40.5 -53.1 25 12.6 -41.2 179 8 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.09 16 250 10723 -49.3 -61.0 24 11.7 -49.6 185 8 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.04 17 200 12166 -52.9 -70.2 10 17.3 -53.2 199 12 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14029 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 166 9 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16617 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 163 11 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.17 m Freezing level: 636.03 mb = 3939.36 m = 12924.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.37 mb = 3681.64 m = 12078.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.12 mb = 1877.54 m = 6159.82 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.60 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.93 mb = 2600.55 m = 8531.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.66 C Cross Totals Index: 27.09 C K Index: 39.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1367.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.33 mb = 2212.99 m = 7260.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.33 mb = 2933.90 m = 9625.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.33 mb = 11281.09 m = 37011.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1351.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.33 mb = 14057.52 m = 46119.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.3 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 214.3 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -3.3 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 697.05 Bulk Shear: 1.96 m/s