MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 48.95,-122.70 Latitude: 48.95 Longitude: -122.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 13 18.8 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 9 3 290.7 292.9 290.8 326.9 12.86 1 1000 147 19.2 17.8 91 1.5 18.3 10 6 292.4 294.7 291.5 329.0 12.91 2 950 590 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.5 31 3 296.9 298.9 291.6 329.7 11.34 3 900 1055 17.7 12.4 71 5.3 14.3 94 3 299.7 301.6 291.5 329.4 10.11 4 850 1541 15.0 9.4 69 5.6 11.6 110 8 301.8 303.5 291.0 327.7 8.73 5 800 2052 11.6 5.9 68 5.7 8.3 116 18 303.5 304.9 290.4 325.4 7.29 6 750 2589 8.4 3.6 72 4.8 5.7 114 26 305.7 306.9 290.5 325.7 6.60 7 700 3155 4.7 1.5 80 3.2 2.9 106 31 307.6 308.8 290.7 326.3 6.10 8 650 3755 0.5 -0.4 94 0.9 0.0 104 32 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.2 5.72 9 600 4394 -3.0 -3.9 93 0.9 -3.4 100 32 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.7 4.77 10 550 5079 -6.5 -7.6 91 1.2 -7.0 97 32 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.1 3.92 11 500 5818 -10.7 -12.1 89 1.4 -11.2 101 29 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.0 3.02 12 450 6621 -15.8 -17.6 85 1.9 -16.4 106 27 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.6 2.13 13 400 7498 -21.9 -24.1 82 2.2 -22.4 107 26 326.6 326.8 292.1 331.4 1.36 14 350 8466 -29.2 -32.0 77 2.8 -29.7 110 26 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.1 0.75 15 300 9547 -38.4 -41.6 72 3.2 -38.7 112 25 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.33 16 250 10770 -49.4 -53.4 63 4.0 -49.5 114 21 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12223 -49.4 -74.5 4 25.1 -49.9 192 9 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14099 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 196 5 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.7 105 5 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.58 m Freezing level: 642.93 mb = 3845.20 m = 12615.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.71 mb = 3758.37 m = 12330.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.40 mb = 117.67 m = 386.04 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.28 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1770.98 m = 5810.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: 0.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.15 mb = 873.65 m = 2866.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.15 mb = 3580.58 m = 11747.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 574.15 mb = 4740.33 m = 15552.07 ft B at Equ Level: 35.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 474.15 mb = 6222.43 m = 20414.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.7 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 132.7 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.6 neg: -12.0 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 67.11 m/s