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: 53.75,-121.97 Latitude: 53.75 Longitude: -121.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 561 SFC 901 1031 25.7 11.0 40 14.7 16.3 8 4 307.9 309.6 293.3 335.9 9.20 3 900 1038 25.0 10.1 39 14.8 15.5 10 3 307.2 308.8 292.7 333.5 8.68 4 850 1535 20.2 8.6 47 11.6 13.0 16 3 307.4 308.9 292.4 332.5 8.28 5 800 2053 15.3 7.1 58 8.2 10.3 74 1 307.4 308.9 292.1 331.5 7.91 6 750 2596 11.6 -6.5 28 18.1 3.1 215 5 309.1 309.7 288.4 319.0 3.12 7 700 3168 8.0 -21.0 11 29.0 -1.9 222 5 311.4 311.5 287.0 314.8 1.02 8 650 3773 3.8 -25.0 10 28.8 -4.9 245 5 313.2 313.4 287.4 315.9 0.77 9 600 4417 -0.6 -31.5 8 30.9 -8.4 262 4 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.0 0.46 10 550 5105 -5.2 -38.1 6 32.9 -11.9 283 2 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.8 0.26 11 500 5845 -10.7 -37.7 9 27.0 -15.8 88 5 320.0 320.0 289.0 321.1 0.30 12 450 6644 -16.8 -37.2 15 20.4 -20.3 89 13 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.35 13 400 7514 -24.6 -43.1 16 18.5 -26.8 78 13 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.21 14 350 8470 -32.5 -48.7 18 16.2 -33.8 95 23 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.13 15 300 9536 -41.5 -48.8 45 7.3 -41.9 91 38 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.15 16 250 10745 -50.4 -59.5 33 9.1 -50.7 94 30 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.05 17 200 12185 -53.8 -68.0 16 14.2 -54.1 106 9 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14044 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 130 2 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16635 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 345 3 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.53 m Freezing level: 606.92 mb = 4327.54 m = 14197.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.63 mb = 2950.12 m = 9678.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.01 mb = 2865.36 m = 9400.68 ft T: 9.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 21.09 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.55 mb = 3592.22 m = 11785.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: 10.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 444.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.24 mb = 2989.26 m = 9807.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 530.24 mb = 5388.86 m = 17679.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.24 mb = 11001.88 m = 36094.95 ft B at Equ Level: 428.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.24 mb = 12507.95 m = 41036.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.9 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 153.9 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 74.15 Bulk Shear: 5.99 m/s