MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 53.5,-118.07 Latitude: 53.50 Longitude: -118.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 558 2 900 1031 3 850 1524 SFC 849 1534 15.3 6.2 55 9.0 10.0 257 4 302.3 303.6 289.8 323.3 7.04 5 800 2043 16.5 4.9 46 11.7 9.7 325 6 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.6 6.79 6 750 2587 11.9 3.3 55 8.6 7.1 323 4 309.5 310.8 291.6 329.5 6.48 7 700 3160 6.5 1.9 72 4.6 4.0 312 4 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.2 6.30 8 650 3762 1.0 -0.6 89 1.6 0.1 313 6 310.1 311.1 291.0 327.5 5.62 9 600 4400 -3.7 -5.5 87 1.9 -4.5 312 7 311.9 312.7 290.3 325.2 4.22 10 550 5083 -7.6 -13.2 64 5.6 -9.7 310 2 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.2 2.51 11 500 5817 -12.3 -39.2 9 27.0 -16.9 32 1 318.1 318.1 288.4 319.0 0.25 12 450 6614 -17.7 -44.0 8 26.3 -21.3 11 5 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.17 13 400 7483 -24.4 -45.0 13 20.6 -26.7 16 8 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17 14 350 8439 -32.3 -49.5 17 17.1 -33.7 6 12 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.12 15 300 9505 -41.9 -53.0 29 11.1 -42.5 0 16 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.09 16 250 10712 -51.3 -58.1 44 6.8 -51.5 354 21 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.06 17 200 12143 -54.2 -67.5 18 13.4 -54.4 332 9 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14005 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 241 3 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16593 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 305 3 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.92 m Freezing level: 639.50 mb = 3896.09 m = 12782.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.52 mb = 3780.25 m = 12402.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.73 % Est. max temperature: 22.42 C = 72.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.08 mb = 2686.77 m = 8814.74 ft T: 11.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 10.60 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.77 mb = 3640.85 m = 11944.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.67 C = 72.80 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.51 mb = 3353.41 m = 11001.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.51 mb = 4158.09 m = 13641.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.51 mb = 6637.95 m = 21777.79 ft B at Equ Level: 48.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.51 mb = 11013.89 m = 36134.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.5 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 4.5 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -2.4 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 66.42 Bulk Shear: 1.14 m/s