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: 50.25,-123.43 Latitude: 50.25 Longitude: -123.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 577 2 900 1048 SFC 859 1445 18.5 15.3 82 3.2 16.3 238 9 304.5 306.9 295.0 342.7 12.80 4 850 1539 16.6 15.0 90 1.6 15.6 241 10 303.6 305.9 294.7 341.5 12.76 5 800 2053 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.6 261 8 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.1 11.46 6 750 2596 12.4 8.6 78 3.8 10.0 33 5 310.0 311.8 294.0 338.8 9.39 7 700 3171 8.0 1.5 63 6.5 4.4 64 13 311.3 312.5 291.8 330.3 6.08 8 650 3777 2.9 -5.2 55 8.1 -0.9 71 17 312.2 313.0 290.2 324.9 4.00 9 600 4418 -2.4 -10.9 52 8.5 -5.8 79 16 313.3 313.9 289.5 322.3 2.78 10 550 5102 -6.8 -24.0 24 17.2 -11.6 83 20 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.4 1.00 11 500 5839 -11.5 -31.3 18 19.8 -15.9 85 22 319.0 319.1 289.0 321.0 0.56 12 450 6637 -16.8 -36.9 16 20.1 -20.3 74 18 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.36 13 400 7512 -22.2 -40.1 18 17.8 -24.8 45 11 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.29 14 350 8478 -29.7 -39.5 38 9.8 -30.9 309 2 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.36 15 300 9555 -39.3 -49.7 33 10.3 -40.0 216 4 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 16 250 10774 -49.7 -57.7 38 8.0 -50.0 189 6 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.06 17 200 12218 -50.7 -75.5 4 24.8 -51.1 234 3 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14089 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 242 6 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16672 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 71 6 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.67 m Freezing level: 622.66 mb = 4127.46 m = 13541.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.61 mb = 3669.26 m = 12038.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.71 mb = 1846.87 m = 6059.22 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 23.24 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.09 mb = 2729.71 m = 8955.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.13 C Cross Totals Index: 26.55 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1321.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.48 mb = 2143.34 m = 7031.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.48 mb = 3330.49 m = 10926.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.48 mb = 11413.34 m = 37444.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1307.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.48 mb = 13813.93 m = 45320.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.6 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 104.6 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 108.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 16.28 Bulk Shear: 81.15 m/s