MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 49.09,-124.38 Latitude: 49.09 Longitude: -124.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 578 SFC 945 619 24.8 16.5 60 8.3 19.1 93 3 302.8 305.1 294.3 340.1 12.58 3 900 1048 20.0 14.4 70 5.6 16.3 152 3 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.2 11.53 4 850 1538 15.8 12.3 80 3.5 13.6 159 6 302.7 304.6 292.9 334.2 10.64 5 800 2050 12.2 5.9 66 6.3 8.5 152 14 304.1 305.5 290.6 326.1 7.30 6 750 2587 9.1 -5.9 34 15.0 2.2 150 16 306.5 307.1 287.6 316.7 3.28 7 700 3155 6.5 -20.8 12 27.2 -2.6 151 17 309.6 309.8 286.4 313.1 1.04 8 650 3759 3.6 -29.2 7 32.8 -5.4 161 12 313.0 313.1 287.1 314.9 0.53 9 600 4402 -0.9 -25.8 13 24.8 -8.0 176 8 315.0 315.2 288.0 317.7 0.78 10 550 5089 -5.6 -26.7 17 21.2 -11.2 180 6 317.5 317.6 288.8 320.2 0.78 11 500 5828 -11.3 -31.1 18 19.9 -15.7 184 6 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.3 0.57 12 450 6626 -17.5 -34.5 21 17.0 -20.6 176 9 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.45 13 400 7495 -24.1 -38.9 24 14.7 -26.2 166 12 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.8 0.33 14 350 8452 -32.1 -44.3 29 12.2 -33.3 162 17 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.21 15 300 9523 -40.1 -53.1 24 13.0 -40.8 162 22 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.09 16 250 10740 -49.7 -58.7 34 9.1 -49.9 168 23 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.06 17 200 12178 -53.9 -69.3 14 15.3 -54.2 172 18 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14033 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.0 -53.1 154 15 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16618 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 141 13 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.89 m Freezing level: 610.35 mb = 4268.76 m = 14004.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.23 mb = 2840.94 m = 9320.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.64 mb = 1671.60 m = 5484.19 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 26.94 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.64 mb = 1979.84 m = 6495.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 12.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 199.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 918.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.07 mb = 1799.36 m = 5903.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.07 mb = 2487.11 m = 8159.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.07 mb = 3523.21 m = 11558.96 ft B at Equ Level: 3.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.07 mb = 13261.59 m = 43508.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 191.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 148.48 Bulk Shear: 6.19 m/s