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: 51.05,-118.42 Latitude: 51.05 Longitude: -118.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 565 2 900 1041 SFC 863 1403 23.0 11.3 48 11.7 15.4 199 5 308.8 310.7 294.0 338.7 9.80 4 850 1538 20.4 9.7 50 10.7 13.7 194 5 307.6 309.2 293.0 334.6 8.93 5 800 2056 15.2 8.5 64 6.7 11.1 198 5 307.4 309.0 292.8 334.0 8.76 6 750 2599 9.9 7.4 84 2.5 8.4 201 5 307.3 309.0 292.7 333.5 8.64 7 700 3167 4.9 3.2 88 1.8 3.9 208 6 307.9 309.2 291.4 329.0 6.88 8 650 3768 0.8 -2.8 77 3.6 -0.9 208 9 309.9 310.8 290.2 324.9 4.79 9 600 4406 -3.3 -8.6 67 5.3 -5.5 201 8 312.3 312.9 289.6 322.9 3.32 10 550 5088 -7.4 -21.1 32 13.7 -11.5 208 8 315.3 315.6 288.6 319.6 1.29 11 500 5824 -12.1 -33.7 15 21.6 -16.4 207 10 318.3 318.4 288.7 319.9 0.44 12 450 6619 -17.8 -35.5 20 17.7 -20.9 207 11 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.4 0.41 13 400 7488 -24.5 -34.3 40 9.8 -26.1 212 14 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.52 14 350 8445 -31.7 -36.5 63 4.7 -32.3 222 14 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.48 15 300 9515 -40.8 -46.7 53 6.0 -41.2 223 17 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 16 250 10730 -49.7 -57.0 42 7.3 -49.9 239 22 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.07 17 200 12169 -54.1 -69.2 14 15.1 -54.4 248 31 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14015 -53.3 -79.5 3 26.2 -53.7 216 17 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16601 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 193 8 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.04 m Freezing level: 639.86 mb = 3897.36 m = 12786.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.44 mb = 3651.08 m = 11978.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.12 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.79 mb = 2857.88 m = 9376.14 ft T: 7.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 19.02 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2909.31 m = 9544.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.87 C = 71.36 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 40.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 852.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.97 mb = 2889.94 m = 9481.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.97 mb = 2947.06 m = 9668.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.97 mb = 11020.86 m = 36157.24 ft B at Equ Level: 841.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.97 mb = 13251.49 m = 43475.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 457.76 Bulk Shear: 1.86 m/s