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: 53.50,-127.80 Latitude: 53.50 Longitude: -127.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 574 2 900 1046 SFC 888 1160 22.0 15.0 65 7.0 17.2 272 7 305.3 307.6 294.7 341.7 12.15 4 850 1539 17.1 13.1 77 4.0 14.5 276 7 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.5 11.22 5 800 2055 15.1 4.0 47 11.1 8.8 299 2 307.3 308.4 290.8 326.7 6.37 6 750 2597 10.7 0.5 49 10.2 5.2 120 3 308.2 309.2 290.1 324.5 5.28 7 700 3167 6.4 -8.1 35 14.4 0.0 144 4 309.5 310.1 288.4 319.0 2.97 8 650 3769 2.6 -18.4 20 21.0 -4.7 182 6 311.9 312.1 287.6 316.5 1.38 9 600 4411 -1.2 -23.6 16 22.4 -7.9 174 8 314.8 315.0 288.1 318.0 0.95 10 550 5098 -6.0 -26.9 17 20.9 -11.5 151 11 317.0 317.2 288.6 319.7 0.77 11 500 5836 -11.4 -30.7 19 19.3 -15.7 144 16 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.3 0.59 12 450 6634 -17.2 -38.4 14 21.3 -20.7 144 19 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.8 0.31 13 400 7504 -23.7 -44.3 13 20.5 -26.2 141 21 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.19 14 350 8463 -31.6 -49.7 15 18.1 -33.1 138 22 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9535 -39.8 -53.4 22 13.5 -40.6 143 14 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.09 16 250 10753 -50.2 -54.6 59 4.4 -50.3 169 10 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.09 17 200 12185 -54.3 -71.7 10 17.4 -54.6 162 7 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14040 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.5 162 6 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16635 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 156 7 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.31 m Freezing level: 615.51 mb = 4212.05 m = 13818.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.79 mb = 3169.05 m = 10397.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.35 mb = 2040.31 m = 6693.86 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 25.19 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.48 mb = 2916.93 m = 9569.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 27.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 582.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.90 mb = 2519.89 m = 8267.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.90 mb = 3745.48 m = 12288.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.90 mb = 10964.37 m = 35971.91 ft B at Equ Level: 581.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.90 mb = 12796.72 m = 41983.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.4 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 184.4 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 20.99 Bulk Shear: 27.73 m/s