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: 53.41,-126.94 Latitude: 53.41 Longitude: -126.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 1 950 561 2 900 1033 SFC 894 1093 22.8 14.3 59 8.4 17.1 248 3 305.6 307.7 294.4 340.2 11.57 4 850 1526 17.0 12.4 74 4.6 14.0 250 3 304.0 306.0 293.3 335.9 10.72 5 800 2039 13.0 7.5 69 5.6 9.7 291 3 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.13 6 750 2579 9.1 2.7 64 6.5 5.6 340 4 306.5 307.7 290.4 325.4 6.20 7 700 3146 4.2 1.1 80 3.1 2.6 355 4 307.1 308.3 290.4 325.3 5.94 8 650 3743 -0.7 -4.3 77 3.6 -2.3 5 8 308.2 309.0 289.2 321.6 4.29 9 600 4378 -4.0 -17.7 33 13.8 -8.5 36 6 311.5 311.8 287.6 316.7 1.58 10 550 5059 -8.2 -15.0 58 6.8 -10.6 87 7 314.3 314.8 289.2 321.5 2.17 11 500 5792 -13.4 -19.5 60 6.1 -15.2 101 8 316.6 317.0 289.4 322.1 1.63 12 450 6584 -18.9 -23.7 66 4.8 -20.1 121 8 319.4 319.7 289.9 323.7 1.25 13 400 7451 -24.7 -31.3 54 6.6 -25.9 158 5 322.9 323.0 290.4 325.4 0.70 14 350 8407 -32.2 -37.2 61 5.0 -32.9 195 9 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.9 0.45 15 300 9474 -41.4 -45.9 62 4.5 -41.7 192 7 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.21 16 250 10685 -51.1 -56.1 55 5.0 -51.2 212 3 330.1 330.2 291.8 330.5 0.08 17 200 12117 -52.7 -73.1 7 20.3 -53.1 161 1 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13985 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 204 5 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16592 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 169 4 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.98 m Freezing level: 656.81 mb = 3661.83 m = 12013.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.61 mb = 3455.53 m = 11336.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.35 % Est. max temperature: 23.75 C = 74.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.64 mb = 2148.28 m = 7048.09 ft T: 12.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 23.52 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2494.10 m = 8182.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.45 C = 74.21 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.87 C K Index: 39.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1175.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.24 mb = 2301.99 m = 7552.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.24 mb = 2686.13 m = 8812.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.24 mb = 11213.27 m = 36788.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1152.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.24 mb = 13555.91 m = 44474.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.9 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 97.9 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 103.45 Bulk Shear: 11.36 m/s