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: 54.38,-121.83 Latitude: 54.38 Longitude: -121.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 569 SFC 902 1026 24.9 11.7 44 13.2 16.3 289 4 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.1 9.62 3 900 1045 24.1 10.7 43 13.4 15.5 289 3 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.5 9.00 4 850 1541 19.3 9.2 52 10.1 13.0 304 4 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.4 8.61 5 800 2058 14.9 5.3 52 9.7 9.3 327 4 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.3 6.97 6 750 2601 12.3 -11.7 17 24.0 2.2 28 5 310.0 310.4 287.6 316.7 2.08 7 700 3174 8.7 -18.7 12 27.4 -1.2 7 6 312.1 312.4 287.5 316.3 1.25 8 650 3781 4.9 -26.1 8 31.0 -4.4 354 6 314.6 314.7 287.8 317.0 0.70 9 600 4428 1.1 -34.5 5 35.5 -7.6 346 6 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.6 0.34 10 550 5121 -3.5 -28.4 13 24.9 -10.1 348 7 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.67 11 500 5865 -9.4 -31.1 15 21.8 -14.4 8 9 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.57 12 450 6668 -15.8 -38.7 12 22.9 -19.7 10 11 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.30 13 400 7543 -22.6 -47.5 8 24.9 -25.4 12 8 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.13 14 350 8507 -30.9 -47.9 17 17.0 -32.4 6 10 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.14 15 300 9580 -39.7 -55.4 17 15.7 -40.5 343 12 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.07 16 250 10798 -49.6 -60.8 26 11.2 -50.0 341 16 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.04 17 200 12231 -55.9 -65.2 30 9.3 -56.1 29 15 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 14078 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 333 13 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16667 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 316 10 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.16 m Freezing level: 588.31 mb = 4589.92 m = 15058.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.25 mb = 2971.57 m = 9749.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.07 mb = 2677.70 m = 8784.98 ft T: 11.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 19.74 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.97 mb = 3818.80 m = 12528.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 10.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 127.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 378.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.10 mb = 2892.62 m = 9490.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 439.10 mb = 6850.59 m = 22475.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.10 mb = 10306.55 m = 33813.73 ft B at Equ Level: 74.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.10 mb = 11359.12 m = 37267.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.0 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 27.0 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.14 Bulk Shear: 4.25 m/s