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: 49.37,-122.33 Latitude: 49.37 Longitude: -122.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 951 567 22.0 17.8 77 4.2 19.1 202 1 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.1 13.59 2 950 577 22.8 17.2 71 5.6 18.9 194 1 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.7 13.09 3 900 1048 21.3 9.6 47 11.7 14.1 93 1 303.5 305.0 291.3 328.5 8.37 4 850 1539 17.4 7.2 51 10.2 11.3 138 4 304.4 305.8 290.9 327.0 7.51 5 800 2053 13.4 5.5 59 7.8 8.8 160 7 305.4 306.7 290.8 326.9 7.11 6 750 2593 9.4 3.0 64 6.4 5.9 160 10 306.8 308.0 290.6 326.2 6.36 7 700 3161 5.5 0.8 72 4.7 3.0 149 11 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.4 5.78 8 650 3763 1.2 -1.3 83 2.6 -0.0 144 10 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.0 5.35 9 600 4403 -2.4 -4.5 85 2.1 -3.4 140 11 313.3 314.2 291.0 327.7 4.55 10 550 5088 -6.6 -8.5 86 1.9 -7.4 128 13 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.66 11 500 5827 -11.4 -13.3 85 2.0 -12.1 122 13 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.73 12 450 6626 -17.1 -19.6 81 2.5 -17.8 118 12 321.8 322.1 291.1 327.9 1.80 13 400 7499 -23.1 -25.3 82 2.3 -23.6 136 11 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.22 14 350 8462 -30.7 -33.7 75 3.0 -31.2 152 11 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.63 15 300 9535 -40.4 -43.9 69 3.5 -40.7 163 11 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.26 16 250 10748 -50.1 -56.0 50 5.9 -50.3 184 12 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.08 17 200 12184 -54.4 -70.9 11 16.5 -54.6 180 9 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 14032 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 164 11 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16615 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 146 9 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.29 m Freezing level: 632.95 mb = 3981.03 m = 13060.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.64 mb = 3754.74 m = 12318.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.69 mb = 1108.12 m = 3635.51 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2766.15 m = 9075.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 116.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.86 mb = 2244.97 m = 7365.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.86 mb = 3677.46 m = 12065.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.86 mb = 10068.89 m = 33034.03 ft B at Equ Level: 115.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.86 mb = 11373.11 m = 37312.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 167.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.53 Bulk Shear: 9.26 m/s