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: 51.59,-118.65 Latitude: 51.59 Longitude: -118.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 545 2 900 1022 SFC 860 1414 22.9 12.0 50 10.9 15.7 244 3 309.0 311.0 294.4 340.3 10.28 4 850 1521 21.3 10.8 51 10.5 14.6 238 3 308.5 310.3 293.7 337.7 9.62 5 800 2041 16.2 9.8 66 6.4 12.1 252 4 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.5 9.58 6 750 2586 11.0 8.0 82 3.0 9.2 263 5 308.5 310.2 293.3 335.9 9.00 7 700 3157 5.9 4.2 89 1.7 5.0 307 6 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.8 7.43 8 650 3759 1.3 -1.8 79 3.2 -0.2 341 7 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.6 5.16 9 600 4398 -3.2 -10.2 58 7.0 -6.0 348 7 312.4 313.0 289.3 321.8 2.93 10 550 5081 -7.4 -24.0 25 16.6 -12.0 351 6 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.7 1.00 11 500 5815 -12.3 -34.3 14 22.1 -16.6 6 7 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.6 0.42 12 450 6611 -17.7 -37.7 16 20.1 -21.0 352 8 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.2 0.33 13 400 7481 -24.2 -38.0 27 13.8 -26.2 331 10 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.36 14 350 8439 -32.1 -45.2 26 13.1 -33.3 331 11 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.19 15 300 9506 -41.2 -51.1 34 9.9 -41.8 323 12 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.12 16 250 10719 -49.4 -62.7 20 13.3 -49.7 294 17 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.03 17 200 12167 -51.0 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.4 266 15 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14039 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 251 8 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16631 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 201 3 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.97 m Freezing level: 635.13 mb = 3949.10 m = 12956.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.07 mb = 3733.27 m = 12248.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.07 % Est. max temperature: 22.80 C = 73.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.70 mb = 2778.95 m = 9117.19 ft T: 9.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 21.64 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.56 mb = 2894.36 m = 9495.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.67 C = 72.81 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 42.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1311.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.05 mb = 2854.41 m = 9364.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.05 mb = 3027.23 m = 9931.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.05 mb = 11230.56 m = 36845.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1291.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.05 mb = 13576.31 m = 44541.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.2 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 5.2 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 174.94 Bulk Shear: 7.50 m/s