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: 53.55,-121.37 Latitude: 53.55 Longitude: -121.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 544 2 900 1021 SFC 869 1327 23.6 10.9 45 12.7 15.4 339 4 308.9 310.7 293.8 337.9 9.49 4 850 1519 21.1 9.4 47 11.7 13.7 336 4 308.3 309.9 293.0 334.9 8.74 5 800 2039 15.9 8.3 60 7.7 11.2 310 4 308.1 309.7 292.9 334.3 8.59 6 750 2583 10.8 6.2 73 4.6 8.1 261 5 308.3 309.8 292.4 332.6 7.97 7 700 3154 7.2 -13.8 21 21.0 -1.0 231 10 310.5 310.8 287.6 316.6 1.88 8 650 3757 2.8 -22.1 14 24.9 -5.1 237 6 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.6 1.00 9 600 4398 -1.6 -27.4 12 25.8 -8.6 256 5 314.2 314.4 287.6 316.6 0.67 10 550 5084 -6.2 -31.0 12 24.7 -12.1 279 3 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.5 0.52 11 500 5820 -12.3 -35.0 13 22.7 -16.7 337 3 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.5 0.39 12 450 6616 -18.0 -41.2 11 23.2 -21.4 23 2 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.5 0.23 13 400 7485 -24.1 -48.2 9 24.0 -26.6 340 2 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.1 0.12 14 350 8442 -32.1 -46.5 23 14.3 -33.4 311 1 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.17 15 300 9509 -41.4 -47.7 51 6.2 -41.8 25 2 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 16 250 10718 -50.5 -58.0 41 7.5 -50.7 0 7 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.06 17 200 12160 -52.2 -69.1 11 16.9 -52.5 313 1 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14029 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 290 5 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 19 100 16629 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 189 3 418.0 418.0 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.28 m Freezing level: 618.22 mb = 4164.72 m = 13663.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.66 mb = 3086.96 m = 10127.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.65 % Est. max temperature: 24.31 C = 75.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.64 mb = 2913.06 m = 9557.17 ft T: 8.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 22.31 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.50 mb = 3300.34 m = 10827.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 21.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 827.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.95 mb = 3001.89 m = 9848.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.95 mb = 3782.35 m = 12409.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.95 mb = 11037.21 m = 36210.88 ft B at Equ Level: 819.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.95 mb = 12918.69 m = 42383.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -175.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -5.8 tot: -4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 367.62 Bulk Shear: 2.25 m/s