MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 49.34,-125.01 Latitude: 49.34 Longitude: -125.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 964 452 21.6 17.2 76 4.4 18.6 180 1 297.8 300.2 293.2 335.3 12.92 2 950 577 20.7 16.8 79 3.8 18.1 159 2 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.3 12.80 3 900 1043 18.2 14.4 78 3.8 15.7 121 1 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.1 11.52 4 850 1531 15.6 9.7 68 5.8 12.0 129 6 302.4 304.1 291.4 329.0 8.92 5 800 2043 12.1 4.6 60 7.5 7.9 141 14 304.1 305.3 290.0 324.2 6.67 6 750 2581 9.7 -11.7 21 21.3 1.0 141 16 307.1 307.5 286.6 313.7 2.09 7 700 3149 7.2 -25.0 8 32.1 -2.7 150 15 310.4 310.5 286.4 312.9 0.72 8 650 3754 3.6 -26.3 9 29.8 -5.1 160 13 313.0 313.1 287.2 315.4 0.69 9 600 4397 -0.9 -25.7 13 24.8 -8.0 167 11 315.0 315.2 288.0 317.7 0.78 10 550 5084 -5.8 -24.0 22 18.2 -11.0 166 10 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.6 1.00 11 500 5822 -11.5 -28.9 22 17.4 -15.6 165 10 319.0 319.2 289.2 321.5 0.70 12 450 6619 -18.0 -31.9 28 13.9 -20.7 166 12 320.6 320.8 289.6 322.7 0.59 13 400 7487 -24.3 -40.0 22 15.8 -26.4 157 15 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.29 14 350 8444 -32.1 -45.6 25 13.5 -33.3 164 17 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.19 15 300 9515 -40.2 -52.4 26 12.1 -40.9 165 21 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.10 16 250 10732 -50.1 -57.9 39 7.8 -50.3 179 16 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.06 17 200 12164 -54.5 -68.2 17 13.6 -54.8 162 20 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14018 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 151 19 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16609 -57.2 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 151 11 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.55 m Freezing level: 610.36 mb = 4263.76 m = 13988.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.03 mb = 2724.47 m = 8938.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.19 mb = 1003.20 m = 3291.29 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 22.48 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1914.21 m = 6280.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 4.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 137.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 614.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.17 mb = 1439.77 m = 4723.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 594.17 mb = 4473.99 m = 14678.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.17 mb = 11151.45 m = 36585.69 ft B at Equ Level: 594.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.17 mb = 13055.27 m = 42831.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.7 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 184.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 61.74 Bulk Shear: 9.96 m/s