MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 49.43,-118.85 Latitude: 49.43 Longitude: -118.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 575 2 900 1050 SFC 870 1344 22.7 12.5 52 10.2 16.0 258 1 307.9 309.9 294.3 339.9 10.55 4 850 1546 19.8 10.8 56 9.0 14.1 270 2 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.0 9.64 5 800 2064 14.7 9.7 72 5.0 11.6 275 1 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.5 9.50 6 750 2606 9.4 8.0 91 1.4 8.6 284 1 306.8 308.4 292.8 334.0 9.02 7 700 3175 5.4 1.8 77 3.7 3.4 90 4 308.5 309.7 291.0 327.6 6.22 8 650 3776 1.3 -3.2 72 4.5 -0.9 107 8 310.4 311.3 290.3 324.9 4.65 9 600 4415 -3.1 -6.0 81 2.8 -4.4 89 6 312.5 313.3 290.4 325.4 4.08 10 550 5098 -7.7 -8.9 91 1.3 -8.2 61 8 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.3 3.54 11 500 5835 -11.5 -14.9 75 3.5 -12.7 64 11 319.1 319.5 290.9 327.0 2.40 12 450 6633 -17.5 -39.0 14 21.5 -21.0 60 10 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.29 13 400 7503 -23.7 -41.5 18 17.8 -26.1 34 4 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.25 14 350 8464 -30.5 -43.4 27 12.9 -31.9 322 6 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.23 15 300 9541 -38.8 -42.1 71 3.2 -39.1 302 7 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 16 250 10763 -49.5 -52.9 68 3.4 -49.7 313 3 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12199 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.8 258 6 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14059 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 216 7 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16637 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 156 6 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.92 m Freezing level: 635.52 mb = 3961.07 m = 12995.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.58 mb = 3644.96 m = 11958.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.05 % Est. max temperature: 22.64 C = 72.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.45 mb = 2622.96 m = 8605.39 ft T: 9.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.89 mb = 2695.47 m = 8843.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.91 C = 71.44 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 883.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.01 mb = 2683.13 m = 8802.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.01 mb = 2738.79 m = 8985.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.01 mb = 11079.74 m = 36350.40 ft B at Equ Level: 876.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.01 mb = 13326.30 m = 43720.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.5 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 100.5 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 112.02 Bulk Shear: 7.88 m/s