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: 54.89,-126.47 Latitude: 54.89 Longitude: -126.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 560 SFC 905 982 23.1 15.1 61 8.0 17.7 299 4 304.8 307.1 294.5 340.6 11.98 3 900 1031 21.4 14.2 63 7.2 16.6 300 4 303.6 305.7 293.7 337.3 11.36 4 850 1523 16.6 11.7 73 4.9 13.4 295 5 303.5 305.4 292.7 333.9 10.21 5 800 2037 13.6 4.4 54 9.2 8.3 281 10 305.6 306.8 290.4 325.5 6.55 6 750 2576 9.4 -3.6 40 13.0 3.1 284 10 306.8 307.5 288.4 318.9 3.91 7 700 3143 4.6 -8.3 39 12.9 -0.9 294 8 307.6 308.2 287.7 316.9 2.93 8 650 3741 0.5 -16.9 26 17.3 -5.5 298 6 309.5 309.8 286.9 314.6 1.57 9 600 4378 -3.1 -27.6 13 24.5 -9.5 315 5 312.5 312.7 287.0 314.8 0.66 10 550 5060 -7.4 -34.3 10 26.9 -13.0 331 6 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.7 0.38 11 500 5795 -12.5 -36.8 11 24.3 -17.0 331 5 317.7 317.8 288.4 318.9 0.32 12 450 6589 -18.5 -38.7 15 20.2 -21.7 307 4 319.9 320.0 289.0 321.0 0.30 13 400 7453 -26.0 -38.2 31 12.2 -27.7 322 1 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.35 14 350 8404 -33.7 -47.2 24 13.5 -34.8 62 1 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.15 15 300 9465 -42.6 -50.8 40 8.2 -43.0 350 2 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.12 16 250 10670 -51.0 -59.0 38 8.1 -51.2 306 4 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.05 17 200 12111 -52.0 -70.9 9 18.8 -52.4 294 8 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13984 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.5 -51.5 251 5 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16591 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 236 2 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.49 m Freezing level: 643.56 mb = 3823.08 m = 12542.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.35 mb = 3010.59 m = 9877.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.05 mb = 1994.14 m = 6542.37 ft T: 13.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 26.01 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.17 mb = 2607.12 m = 8553.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.09 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 971.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.74 mb = 2272.65 m = 7456.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.74 mb = 2994.53 m = 9824.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.74 mb = 10860.08 m = 35629.76 ft B at Equ Level: 969.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.74 mb = 13064.95 m = 42863.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2594.16 Bulk Shear: 0.37 m/s