MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 49.94,-122.33 Latitude: 49.94 Longitude: -122.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 570 2 900 1043 SFC 871 1325 20.7 16.3 76 4.4 17.7 199 7 305.7 308.2 295.7 346.0 13.47 4 850 1537 17.7 15.4 86 2.3 16.2 201 7 304.7 307.1 295.2 343.7 13.07 5 800 2054 15.9 6.8 55 9.1 10.4 184 4 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.7 7.75 6 750 2599 12.4 2.4 50 10.0 6.8 93 6 310.0 311.2 291.4 328.8 6.05 7 700 3173 7.5 -0.7 56 8.3 3.2 81 10 310.8 311.8 290.9 327.0 5.18 8 650 3777 2.1 -0.0 86 2.1 1.0 81 11 311.3 312.4 291.6 329.6 5.88 9 600 4419 -2.3 -3.0 95 0.7 -2.6 102 11 313.5 314.5 291.6 329.7 5.12 10 550 5104 -7.1 -9.1 85 2.1 -7.9 103 13 315.7 316.4 290.9 327.0 3.49 11 500 5841 -11.4 -20.2 48 8.8 -14.0 99 18 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.4 1.54 12 450 6641 -16.2 -37.9 14 21.7 -20.0 97 18 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.32 13 400 7517 -22.0 -30.9 44 8.9 -23.7 88 18 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.1 0.73 14 350 8486 -28.8 -32.2 73 3.3 -29.4 91 17 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.74 15 300 9570 -37.7 -40.7 73 3.0 -38.0 126 13 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 16 250 10796 -49.4 -52.7 68 3.3 -49.6 169 22 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12233 -52.5 -70.5 10 17.9 -52.9 192 11 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14092 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 201 6 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16674 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 107 2 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.25 m Freezing level: 626.17 mb = 4082.93 m = 13395.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 3944.03 m = 12939.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.12 mb = 1883.91 m = 6180.75 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 19.01 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.70 mb = 3023.25 m = 9918.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.79 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 758.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.37 mb = 2583.77 m = 8476.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.37 mb = 3452.79 m = 11327.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.37 mb = 11156.82 m = 36603.30 ft B at Equ Level: 756.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.37 mb = 13422.93 m = 44037.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.3 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 129.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 27.28 Bulk Shear: 27.81 m/s