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: 54.29,-120.31 Latitude: 54.29 Longitude: -120.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 538 2 900 1015 3 850 1514 SFC 838 1637 21.5 9.2 46 12.2 13.7 38 2 309.9 311.5 293.5 336.7 8.77 5 800 2036 17.3 7.4 52 9.9 11.3 38 1 309.6 311.1 292.9 334.4 8.09 6 750 2582 12.0 6.3 68 5.7 8.6 303 0 309.6 311.1 292.8 334.1 8.00 7 700 3154 6.3 5.1 92 1.2 5.6 254 2 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.7 7.91 8 650 3757 1.4 0.3 92 1.1 0.8 258 7 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.2 6.01 9 600 4398 -2.4 -8.1 65 5.6 -4.9 289 5 313.3 314.0 290.1 324.4 3.47 10 550 5082 -6.5 -26.4 19 19.8 -11.8 320 3 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.1 0.81 11 500 5818 -12.0 -32.0 17 19.9 -16.3 17 4 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.2 0.52 12 450 6614 -18.1 -31.7 29 13.6 -20.8 8 7 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.6 0.60 13 400 7481 -24.5 -44.6 14 20.0 -26.8 348 6 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.8 0.18 14 350 8438 -32.2 -45.9 25 13.7 -33.4 350 9 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.18 15 300 9504 -41.5 -48.7 46 7.2 -42.0 358 14 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.15 16 250 10713 -50.9 -57.8 44 6.9 -51.1 11 13 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 17 200 12156 -51.6 -69.6 10 18.0 -52.0 22 6 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14026 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 87 1 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16630 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 203 2 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.64 m Freezing level: 631.71 mb = 3991.59 m = 13095.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.13 mb = 3842.35 m = 12605.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.46 % Est. max temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.13 mb = 3164.63 m = 10382.53 ft T: 6.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.62 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.23 mb = 3268.76 m = 10724.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.28 C = 70.31 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 934.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.89 mb = 3261.05 m = 10698.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.89 mb = 3320.14 m = 10892.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.89 mb = 11088.59 m = 36379.46 ft B at Equ Level: 922.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.89 mb = 12991.15 m = 42621.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.5 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 0.5 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 452.84 Bulk Shear: 2.06 m/s