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: 50.11,-126.01 Latitude: 50.11 Longitude: -126.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 595 SFC 932 758 17.5 15.3 87 2.2 16.1 123 6 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.7 11.82 3 900 1057 14.5 13.9 96 0.7 14.1 143 9 296.5 298.5 291.3 328.7 11.14 4 850 1538 11.5 6.9 73 4.6 8.9 158 12 298.2 299.6 288.7 319.9 7.38 5 800 2043 8.7 3.8 71 4.9 6.1 151 13 300.5 301.6 288.5 319.2 6.30 6 750 2574 5.4 1.7 77 3.7 3.5 150 15 302.5 303.5 288.7 319.9 5.79 7 700 3134 1.5 0.0 89 1.5 0.8 151 15 304.2 305.2 289.0 320.8 5.47 8 650 3728 -1.8 -2.4 96 0.6 -2.1 147 15 306.9 307.8 289.4 322.0 4.92 9 600 4360 -5.9 -6.7 94 0.9 -6.2 150 18 309.3 310.0 289.2 321.4 3.85 10 550 5037 -10.1 -11.4 90 1.3 -10.6 153 22 312.1 312.6 289.2 321.4 2.90 11 500 5764 -15.0 -16.7 87 1.7 -15.6 158 25 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.5 2.07 12 450 6552 -21.0 -23.1 83 2.2 -21.5 161 29 316.9 317.1 289.2 321.4 1.32 13 400 7409 -27.9 -30.6 78 2.7 -28.3 158 34 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.75 14 350 8353 -35.6 -38.8 73 3.2 -35.9 147 45 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.38 15 300 9406 -44.5 -47.8 70 3.2 -44.7 136 52 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.17 16 250 10606 -49.2 -61.6 22 12.4 -49.6 152 44 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.04 17 200 12077 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 177 26 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 18 150 13970 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.2 171 14 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 19 100 16583 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 164 10 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.22 m Freezing level: 677.11 mb = 3406.25 m = 11175.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.66 mb = 3288.53 m = 10789.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.43 % Est. max temperature: 22.03 C = 71.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.63 mb = 1031.63 m = 3384.58 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 11.44 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1754.96 m = 5757.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.08 C = 68.15 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 31.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 372.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.75 mb = 1530.49 m = 5021.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.75 mb = 2619.90 m = 8595.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.75 mb = 9726.34 m = 31910.17 ft B at Equ Level: 365.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.75 mb = 11278.45 m = 37002.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.8 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 183.8 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 26.95 Bulk Shear: 13.80 m/s