MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 48.94,-121.47 Latitude: 48.94 Longitude: -121.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 563 2 900 1035 SFC 871 1317 19.9 14.7 72 5.2 16.4 302 3 304.9 307.1 294.6 341.3 12.19 4 850 1527 17.2 13.6 79 3.7 14.8 326 2 304.2 306.3 294.0 338.7 11.57 5 800 2042 13.9 10.2 79 3.6 11.6 125 5 305.9 307.8 293.2 335.5 9.84 6 750 2583 9.3 7.8 91 1.4 8.4 136 9 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.5 8.91 7 700 3151 5.0 2.8 85 2.3 3.8 148 16 308.1 309.3 291.3 328.5 6.69 8 650 3752 0.7 -2.6 78 3.3 -0.9 164 18 309.8 310.7 290.2 324.9 4.86 9 600 4389 -3.8 -4.5 95 0.7 -4.1 187 24 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.1 4.56 10 550 5071 -8.4 -9.6 91 1.2 -8.9 190 27 314.1 314.8 290.2 324.9 3.35 11 500 5804 -12.4 -18.7 60 6.2 -14.4 198 35 317.9 318.2 289.9 323.8 1.75 12 450 6600 -18.1 -35.2 21 17.1 -21.1 197 37 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.43 13 400 7467 -24.8 -34.9 38 10.2 -26.3 203 35 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.49 14 350 8424 -31.7 -41.1 39 9.4 -32.7 219 42 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.30 15 300 9494 -40.1 -45.0 60 4.9 -40.5 224 53 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.23 16 250 10715 -48.5 -55.1 46 6.6 -48.7 226 60 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12158 -53.9 -67.1 18 13.2 -54.2 222 45 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14007 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 230 24 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16596 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 236 9 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.43 m Freezing level: 641.91 mb = 3854.77 m = 12646.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.79 mb = 3630.50 m = 11910.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.63 % Est. max temperature: 22.39 C = 72.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.74 mb = 1970.68 m = 6465.42 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.94 mb = 2417.50 m = 7931.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.40 C = 70.52 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.67 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 40.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1270.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.36 mb = 2282.56 m = 7488.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.36 mb = 2556.45 m = 8387.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.36 mb = 11188.15 m = 36706.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.36 mb = 13906.88 m = 45625.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.1 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 217.1 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 15.11 Bulk Shear: 84.07 m/s