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: 50.79,-118.49 Latitude: 50.79 Longitude: -118.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 563 2 900 1041 SFC 862 1419 24.0 13.7 53 10.3 17.1 267 1 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.2 11.51 4 850 1540 21.5 12.5 57 9.0 15.5 276 1 308.7 310.7 294.7 341.5 10.79 5 800 2061 16.2 11.2 72 5.0 13.0 226 1 308.5 310.4 294.4 340.4 10.51 6 750 2606 11.2 9.0 86 2.2 9.8 162 2 308.7 310.5 293.8 338.0 9.63 7 700 3178 6.9 -0.0 61 7.0 3.3 144 5 310.2 311.2 290.9 327.2 5.47 8 650 3782 1.7 -3.9 66 5.6 -1.0 72 6 310.9 311.8 290.2 324.8 4.41 9 600 4421 -2.5 -21.0 23 18.5 -8.2 79 9 313.3 313.5 287.9 317.3 1.19 10 550 5105 -6.9 -27.9 17 21.0 -12.2 79 12 315.9 316.1 288.2 318.4 0.70 11 500 5841 -11.9 -31.0 19 19.1 -16.1 78 12 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.6 0.58 12 450 6637 -17.7 -39.5 13 21.9 -21.1 73 10 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.27 13 400 7507 -24.0 -47.2 10 23.2 -26.6 53 6 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.3 0.13 14 350 8465 -31.8 -47.9 19 16.1 -33.2 348 4 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.14 15 300 9535 -40.2 -55.0 19 14.8 -40.9 316 9 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.07 16 250 10752 -49.5 -61.4 24 11.9 -49.8 290 11 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.04 17 200 12193 -52.8 -72.4 8 19.6 -53.1 286 10 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14053 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 258 5 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16637 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 191 2 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.64 m Freezing level: 629.31 mb = 4046.39 m = 13275.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.41 mb = 3640.05 m = 11942.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.77 % Est. max temperature: 23.78 C = 74.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.88 mb = 2707.69 m = 8883.37 ft T: 10.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 27.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.35 mb = 2769.81 m = 9087.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.61 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 38.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1690.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.44 mb = 2712.63 m = 8899.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.44 mb = 2882.38 m = 9456.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.44 mb = 11419.82 m = 37466.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1689.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.44 mb = 14249.90 m = 46751.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.1 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 111.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -5.4 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 183.76 Bulk Shear: 9.20 m/s