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: 52.27,-121.60 Latitude: 52.27 Longitude: -121.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 556 SFC 906 972 26.1 11.5 40 14.6 16.6 183 4 307.8 309.5 293.4 336.5 9.46 3 900 1032 24.4 10.5 41 13.9 15.5 181 4 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.6 8.90 4 850 1528 19.3 9.3 52 10.0 13.0 182 6 306.3 307.9 292.4 332.5 8.67 5 800 2044 14.4 7.2 62 7.2 10.0 187 9 306.5 307.9 291.9 330.6 7.98 6 750 2586 10.2 1.6 55 8.7 5.5 177 14 307.7 308.8 290.3 325.3 5.73 7 700 3155 5.2 0.6 72 4.7 2.8 172 14 308.3 309.4 290.5 325.9 5.71 8 650 3755 0.7 -3.1 76 3.7 -1.2 181 12 309.7 310.6 290.0 324.3 4.69 9 600 4392 -4.1 -5.9 87 1.8 -4.9 188 12 311.4 312.2 290.1 324.4 4.11 10 550 5073 -8.4 -10.5 85 2.1 -9.2 195 15 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.2 3.12 11 500 5806 -13.3 -16.4 78 3.1 -14.3 194 16 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.13 12 450 6600 -18.5 -21.3 78 2.8 -19.3 198 17 320.0 320.3 290.3 325.2 1.55 13 400 7467 -24.8 -28.1 75 3.2 -25.5 200 15 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.0 0.95 14 350 8424 -31.7 -35.1 72 3.4 -32.1 195 15 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.55 15 300 9493 -41.2 -44.4 71 3.2 -41.4 194 15 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.25 16 250 10703 -51.2 -54.9 65 3.7 -51.3 200 17 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 17 200 12136 -53.3 -70.8 10 17.5 -53.6 213 20 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13997 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 195 13 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16594 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 200 7 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.59 m Freezing level: 643.04 mb = 3843.55 m = 12609.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.67 mb = 3574.06 m = 11725.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.86 mb = 2787.60 m = 9145.57 ft T: 8.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 11.15 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.38 mb = 2998.46 m = 9837.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 37.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 739.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.01 mb = 2808.43 m = 9213.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.01 mb = 3212.54 m = 10539.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.01 mb = 11100.02 m = 36416.96 ft B at Equ Level: 717.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.01 mb = 12999.26 m = 42647.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.0 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 218.0 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -3.3 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 92.34 Bulk Shear: 8.01 m/s