MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 45.54,-123.15 Latitude: 45.54 Longitude: -123.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 987 244 26.2 17.5 59 8.7 20.2 10 4 300.5 302.9 293.9 338.3 12.88 2 950 574 22.4 16.6 70 5.8 18.5 22 5 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.7 12.59 3 900 1042 18.7 14.8 78 3.9 16.1 2 5 300.8 302.9 293.2 335.5 11.83 4 850 1531 16.7 7.2 53 9.5 11.0 312 5 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.1 7.50 5 800 2045 13.5 4.0 52 9.6 8.1 293 4 305.6 306.8 290.2 324.9 6.37 6 750 2584 9.6 0.3 52 9.3 4.7 276 7 307.0 308.0 289.7 323.1 5.22 7 700 3152 5.4 -4.4 49 9.8 0.8 271 13 308.5 309.2 289.0 320.8 3.96 8 650 3753 1.0 -6.2 59 7.1 -2.3 270 18 310.1 310.8 289.3 321.7 3.71 9 600 4390 -3.7 -7.1 77 3.4 -5.2 272 20 311.8 312.5 289.9 323.6 3.73 10 550 5072 -8.2 -10.2 86 2.0 -9.1 276 15 314.3 314.9 290.2 324.6 3.19 11 500 5806 -12.4 -13.1 94 0.7 -12.7 260 8 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.1 2.78 12 450 6602 -18.3 -19.1 93 0.8 -18.6 234 8 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.5 1.87 13 400 7472 -23.9 -27.8 70 4.0 -24.7 243 8 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.97 14 350 8429 -32.4 -34.3 84 1.8 -32.7 257 8 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.60 15 300 9498 -39.0 -52.2 23 13.2 -39.8 183 17 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 16 250 10738 -43.2 -67.0 6 23.8 -44.0 182 28 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 17 200 12220 -48.3 -74.6 3 26.3 -48.8 207 18 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 14093 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 209 15 378.6 378.6 302.1 378.6 0.00 19 100 16666 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 150 8 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.89 m Freezing level: 639.74 mb = 3883.63 m = 12741.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.18 mb = 3302.12 m = 10833.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.44 mb = 1337.55 m = 4388.22 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 2046.73 m = 6714.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 26.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1013.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.07 mb = 1420.34 m = 4659.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.07 mb = 2738.54 m = 8984.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.07 mb = 10063.13 m = 33015.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1008.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.07 mb = 12689.87 m = 41632.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 51.50 Bulk Shear: 19.67 m/s