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: 49.60,-117.86 Latitude: 49.60 Longitude: -117.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 573 2 900 1048 SFC 858 1461 21.9 14.7 64 7.2 17.0 203 2 308.3 310.6 295.7 345.8 12.38 4 850 1544 19.6 13.9 69 5.8 15.8 193 2 306.7 308.9 294.8 342.2 11.79 5 800 2063 14.6 11.8 84 2.7 12.8 210 2 306.7 308.7 294.3 339.7 10.97 6 750 2605 10.1 7.5 84 2.6 8.5 115 1 307.5 309.2 292.8 333.9 8.71 7 700 3175 5.8 0.5 69 5.2 3.0 112 6 308.9 309.9 290.7 326.4 5.69 8 650 3776 1.7 -8.2 48 9.8 -2.6 76 9 310.8 311.4 289.0 320.9 3.17 9 600 4415 -3.7 -13.2 48 9.5 -7.2 54 12 311.9 312.3 288.5 319.4 2.30 10 550 5097 -7.4 -30.8 13 23.4 -12.8 64 13 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.2 0.53 11 500 5832 -11.7 -42.2 6 30.5 -16.7 71 14 318.7 318.8 288.5 319.4 0.19 12 450 6629 -17.0 -45.7 6 28.7 -20.9 66 12 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.4 0.14 13 400 7501 -23.5 -38.8 23 15.3 -25.6 43 6 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.33 14 350 8462 -30.9 -41.4 35 10.5 -32.0 328 3 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.29 15 300 9539 -38.6 -42.0 70 3.4 -38.9 284 8 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.32 16 250 10762 -49.5 -52.9 68 3.3 -49.7 308 7 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12199 -52.2 -72.9 7 20.7 -52.6 267 7 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14061 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 232 7 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16639 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 169 4 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.78 m Freezing level: 634.46 mb = 3974.65 m = 13040.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.26 mb = 3490.74 m = 11452.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.27 % Est. max temperature: 22.29 C = 72.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.97 mb = 2362.19 m = 7749.87 ft T: 12.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 28.54 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2509.03 m = 8231.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.07 C = 69.93 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.59 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1435.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.73 mb = 2452.37 m = 8045.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.73 mb = 2618.74 m = 8591.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.73 mb = 11334.55 m = 37186.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1432.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.73 mb = 14114.68 m = 46307.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.1 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 99.1 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -4.4 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 107.39 Bulk Shear: 13.37 m/s