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: 52.02,-126.57 Latitude: 52.02 Longitude: -126.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 576 2 900 1048 SFC 882 1224 20.8 16.0 74 4.8 17.5 285 5 304.7 307.1 295.2 343.7 13.08 4 850 1540 16.6 14.8 89 1.9 15.4 283 4 303.6 305.9 294.5 340.7 12.51 5 800 2054 13.7 8.2 69 5.5 10.3 246 2 305.8 307.3 292.2 331.5 8.55 6 750 2596 10.5 4.9 68 5.6 7.3 168 2 308.0 309.3 291.7 330.2 7.26 7 700 3166 6.0 1.5 72 4.6 3.6 158 5 309.2 310.3 291.1 328.0 6.09 8 650 3768 1.3 -0.7 87 1.9 0.3 167 10 310.4 311.5 291.1 327.9 5.62 9 600 4408 -2.7 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.8 177 11 313.0 313.6 290.2 324.6 3.63 10 550 5092 -6.9 -15.5 50 8.6 -9.9 181 8 315.9 316.3 289.6 322.8 2.08 11 500 5828 -12.0 -16.6 68 4.7 -13.5 169 9 318.4 318.8 290.4 325.4 2.08 12 450 6625 -17.6 -20.8 76 3.2 -18.5 151 11 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.7 1.62 13 400 7496 -24.1 -27.5 73 3.4 -24.8 139 15 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.2 1.00 14 350 8455 -31.3 -34.4 74 3.1 -31.8 139 16 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.7 0.59 15 300 9530 -39.2 -42.5 71 3.3 -39.5 138 21 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 16 250 10750 -50.3 -53.8 66 3.6 -50.4 149 25 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12182 -54.2 -70.1 12 15.9 -54.4 149 10 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14039 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.5 170 9 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16630 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 143 8 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.69 m Freezing level: 634.11 mb = 3971.46 m = 13029.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.48 mb = 3799.26 m = 12464.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.71 % Est. max temperature: 24.37 C = 75.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.10 mb = 1823.15 m = 5981.39 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 20.88 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.93 mb = 2562.88 m = 8408.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.84 C = 74.90 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 38.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1133.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.33 mb = 2198.82 m = 7213.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.33 mb = 3033.27 m = 9951.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.33 mb = 11248.03 m = 36902.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1132.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.33 mb = 13569.01 m = 44517.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.7 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 199.7 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 80.37 Bulk Shear: 14.11 m/s