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: 50.00,-118.59 Latitude: 50.00 Longitude: -118.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 550 2 900 1028 3 850 1527 SFC 844 1590 21.0 13.9 64 7.1 16.2 238 3 308.8 311.0 295.5 344.9 11.89 5 800 2049 17.2 10.5 65 6.7 12.9 258 2 309.5 311.4 294.3 340.0 10.00 6 750 2596 12.0 8.9 82 3.1 10.1 263 2 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.0 9.62 7 700 3169 6.6 6.2 97 0.4 6.4 291 2 309.8 311.4 293.3 336.0 8.54 8 650 3773 2.2 1.1 92 1.1 1.6 59 8 311.5 312.7 292.1 331.3 6.39 9 600 4415 -2.1 -3.7 89 1.6 -2.9 74 11 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.0 4.85 10 550 5102 -6.5 -8.2 88 1.7 -7.2 65 11 316.4 317.1 291.3 328.5 3.76 11 500 5841 -11.0 -14.0 78 3.0 -12.1 63 14 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.2 2.58 12 450 6643 -15.8 -29.6 29 13.9 -18.8 57 11 323.4 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.73 13 400 7521 -21.1 -40.9 15 19.8 -24.0 36 9 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.27 14 350 8491 -28.9 -34.2 60 5.2 -29.7 21 6 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.0 0.61 15 300 9578 -36.8 -40.1 72 3.2 -37.1 212 9 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.39 16 250 10808 -48.4 -53.1 58 4.7 -48.6 210 18 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.11 17 200 12243 -54.3 -68.2 16 14.0 -54.5 237 17 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14097 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 241 8 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16675 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 330 6 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.32 m Freezing level: 624.24 mb = 4104.15 m = 13464.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.01 mb = 3998.43 m = 13118.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.33 % Est. max temperature: 22.18 C = 71.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.22 mb = 2492.39 m = 8177.03 ft T: 12.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.39 mb = 2873.11 m = 9426.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.90 C = 71.41 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1156.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.02 mb = 2831.63 m = 9290.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.02 mb = 3004.39 m = 9856.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.02 mb = 11513.33 m = 37772.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1154.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.02 mb = 13926.83 m = 45691.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.3 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 88.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 74.40 Bulk Shear: 15.55 m/s