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: 50.11,-126.31 Latitude: 50.11 Longitude: -126.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 574 SFC 923 825 23.5 15.8 62 7.8 18.3 52 3 303.6 305.9 294.4 340.2 12.32 3 900 1045 20.8 14.5 67 6.3 16.6 63 3 302.9 305.1 293.7 337.4 11.63 4 850 1536 16.3 13.4 83 2.9 14.4 84 3 303.2 305.3 293.6 337.1 11.41 5 800 2049 12.0 11.8 98 0.2 11.9 130 4 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.5 10.92 6 750 2586 7.9 2.6 69 5.3 5.0 146 13 305.1 306.3 289.9 323.8 6.16 7 700 3153 6.0 -9.3 32 15.3 -0.5 146 16 309.2 309.7 288.0 317.8 2.70 8 650 3756 2.8 -20.6 16 23.3 -4.9 150 14 312.1 312.3 287.4 315.9 1.14 9 600 4397 -1.2 -23.3 17 22.1 -7.9 154 11 314.7 314.9 288.1 318.0 0.97 10 550 5085 -5.7 -26.3 18 20.6 -11.2 164 11 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.2 0.81 11 500 5823 -11.6 -28.7 23 17.1 -15.6 170 11 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.5 0.72 12 450 6620 -17.9 -35.7 20 17.8 -21.0 169 13 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.3 0.41 13 400 7488 -24.5 -38.6 26 14.1 -26.5 171 16 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.34 14 350 8443 -32.4 -44.6 28 12.3 -33.5 167 18 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.21 15 300 9513 -40.5 -52.4 27 11.9 -41.2 161 23 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.10 16 250 10729 -49.3 -60.2 27 10.9 -49.7 159 26 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12171 -53.4 -70.0 11 16.6 -53.7 159 21 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14030 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 157 11 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16619 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 136 12 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.24 m Freezing level: 615.41 mb = 4199.65 m = 13778.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.61 mb = 3099.24 m = 10168.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.69 mb = 1802.17 m = 5912.55 ft T: 14.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 24.25 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1956.61 m = 6419.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.92 C K Index: 25.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1211.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.15 mb = 1879.97 m = 6167.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.15 mb = 2036.85 m = 6682.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.15 mb = 11235.64 m = 36861.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1202.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.15 mb = 13566.54 m = 44509.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.5 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 183.5 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 25.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 77.28 Bulk Shear: 15.68 m/s