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: 50.79,-117.03 Latitude: 50.79 Longitude: -117.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 563 2 900 1035 3 850 1528 SFC 808 1961 15.5 11.9 79 3.6 13.1 267 5 306.8 308.8 294.3 339.7 10.91 5 800 2044 14.4 11.2 81 3.2 12.3 267 7 306.5 308.4 293.9 338.1 10.50 6 750 2586 9.9 6.5 79 3.5 7.9 298 6 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.0 8.11 7 700 3155 5.1 3.5 89 1.6 4.2 315 6 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.7 7.05 8 650 3755 0.5 -0.7 91 1.2 -0.1 358 6 309.6 310.6 290.8 326.9 5.60 9 600 4394 -3.2 -7.3 73 4.2 -5.0 37 9 312.5 313.2 290.0 324.2 3.68 10 550 5077 -7.6 -15.8 52 8.2 -10.5 9 8 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.7 2.02 11 500 5812 -12.1 -19.4 55 7.3 -14.3 329 11 318.2 318.6 289.9 323.8 1.64 12 450 6609 -17.3 -25.2 50 7.8 -19.3 317 13 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.3 1.10 13 400 7479 -24.2 -31.1 53 6.8 -25.5 319 16 323.5 323.6 290.6 326.0 0.72 14 350 8437 -31.7 -37.2 58 5.6 -32.4 306 18 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.45 15 300 9508 -40.2 -44.7 62 4.5 -40.6 283 21 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 16 250 10723 -49.3 -57.4 38 8.1 -49.5 274 19 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 17 200 12176 -50.3 -75.2 4 24.9 -50.8 257 16 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14048 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 255 10 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16633 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 203 4 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.71 m Freezing level: 642.61 mb = 3849.59 m = 12629.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.12 mb = 3741.14 m = 12273.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.01 % Est. max temperature: 17.89 C = 64.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.99 mb = 2408.57 m = 7902.03 ft T: 11.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.99 mb = 2956.79 m = 9700.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.52 C = 61.74 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 669.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.59 mb = 2881.30 m = 9452.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.59 mb = 3054.03 m = 10019.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.59 mb = 10760.26 m = 35302.26 ft B at Equ Level: 663.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.59 mb = 12558.23 m = 41201.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 0.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 79.53 Bulk Shear: 8.42 m/s