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: 49.83,-122.56 Latitude: 49.83 Longitude: -122.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 542 2 900 1020 SFC 866 1356 23.7 16.9 65 6.9 18.9 214 6 309.4 312.0 297.1 352.3 14.12 4 850 1520 21.3 15.9 71 5.4 17.6 213 6 308.5 311.0 296.5 349.4 13.49 5 800 2042 17.2 12.2 73 5.0 13.9 247 3 309.5 311.6 295.2 343.8 11.27 6 750 2590 13.6 4.1 52 9.6 8.1 76 3 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.6 6.85 7 700 3166 8.9 -3.4 42 12.3 2.8 92 5 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.9 4.26 8 650 3773 3.3 -4.3 57 7.6 -0.4 71 5 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.2 4.27 9 600 4415 -2.2 -6.3 74 4.0 -4.1 65 5 313.5 314.3 290.6 326.2 3.99 10 550 5100 -7.4 -12.5 67 5.1 -9.3 69 9 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.0 2.67 11 500 5837 -11.0 -32.1 16 21.1 -15.6 83 3 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.52 12 450 6636 -16.7 -29.1 33 12.4 -19.4 169 2 322.2 322.4 290.2 324.9 0.76 13 400 7509 -23.0 -28.3 62 5.3 -24.1 181 5 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.93 14 350 8473 -30.2 -34.0 70 3.7 -30.8 220 7 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.3 0.62 15 300 9549 -39.5 -43.8 64 4.2 -39.9 203 15 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.26 16 250 10772 -48.7 -62.9 18 14.2 -49.1 208 40 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.03 17 200 12217 -51.2 -76.0 4 24.7 -51.6 223 21 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14087 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 236 13 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16674 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 251 6 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.04 m Freezing level: 620.14 mb = 4156.76 m = 13637.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.17 mb = 3695.87 m = 12125.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.36 C = 79.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.31 mb = 2221.18 m = 7287.25 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 26.40 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2886.68 m = 9470.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.30 C Cross Totals Index: 26.86 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2066.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.80 mb = 2592.40 m = 8505.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.80 mb = 3227.32 m = 10588.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.80 mb = 11754.98 m = 38565.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2052.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.80 mb = 14769.20 m = 48454.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.5 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 121.5 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: -4.2 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 216.46 Bulk Shear: 9.55 m/s