MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 49.23,-121.04 Latitude: 49.23 Longitude: -121.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 1 950 580 2 900 1049 SFC 860 1437 18.5 13.2 71 5.3 15.1 313 2 304.5 306.6 293.8 337.9 11.19 4 850 1540 16.6 11.9 74 4.7 13.6 308 2 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.3 10.35 5 800 2054 13.7 6.0 60 7.7 9.2 186 3 305.7 307.1 291.1 327.9 7.33 6 750 2593 9.4 1.6 58 7.8 5.2 157 7 306.7 307.8 290.0 324.3 5.73 7 700 3161 5.4 -2.1 58 7.5 1.7 167 11 308.4 309.3 289.6 323.0 4.68 8 650 3762 1.1 -2.7 75 3.9 -0.8 188 17 310.2 311.1 290.3 325.3 4.81 9 600 4402 -3.1 -4.4 91 1.2 -3.7 211 24 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.1 4.62 10 550 5084 -8.6 -10.4 87 1.8 -9.4 217 24 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.0 3.15 11 500 5816 -13.2 -17.6 70 4.3 -14.6 202 23 316.9 317.3 289.8 323.3 1.92 12 450 6610 -18.0 -30.4 33 12.4 -20.5 201 25 320.6 320.7 289.6 323.0 0.68 13 400 7478 -24.6 -39.9 23 15.2 -26.7 209 25 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.30 14 350 8434 -32.3 -39.7 47 7.5 -33.1 225 23 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.35 15 300 9502 -40.7 -47.8 46 7.1 -41.2 239 44 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.17 16 250 10720 -48.5 -54.8 48 6.3 -48.7 237 53 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12166 -54.3 -66.1 22 11.7 -54.6 230 45 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14011 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 223 19 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16594 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 208 11 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.16 m Freezing level: 636.70 mb = 3932.34 m = 12901.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.86 mb = 3566.76 m = 11701.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.92 % Est. max temperature: 21.95 C = 71.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.32 mb = 2102.73 m = 6898.63 ft T: 13.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 14.95 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3133.68 m = 10280.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.22 C = 71.99 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.07 mb = 2770.07 m = 9088.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.07 mb = 3897.71 m = 12787.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.07 mb = 9749.86 m = 31987.35 ft B at Equ Level: 263.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.07 mb = 11575.90 m = 37978.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.6 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 231.6 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 97.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 7.35 Bulk Shear: 36.48 m/s