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: 50.65,-118.29 Latitude: 50.65 Longitude: -118.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 535 2 900 1015 SFC 852 1492 24.7 8.9 37 15.8 14.7 321 5 311.8 313.4 293.8 337.9 8.45 4 850 1517 24.0 7.8 35 16.2 13.9 328 6 311.3 312.8 293.2 335.4 7.81 5 800 2042 18.9 6.3 44 12.7 11.3 327 7 311.3 312.8 292.9 334.5 7.49 6 750 2591 14.1 1.6 43 12.5 7.1 350 6 311.9 313.0 291.6 329.7 5.72 7 700 3167 8.9 -3.2 43 12.0 2.8 18 5 312.3 313.1 290.6 326.0 4.32 8 650 3774 3.4 -7.3 46 10.7 -1.4 52 3 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.7 3.41 9 600 4416 -1.5 -16.4 31 14.9 -6.8 63 4 314.3 314.7 288.8 320.2 1.76 10 550 5102 -6.2 -31.8 11 25.7 -12.1 62 10 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.5 0.48 11 500 5839 -11.6 -35.3 12 23.8 -16.2 55 9 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.3 0.38 12 450 6637 -17.1 -32.7 24 15.7 -20.1 39 3 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.7 0.54 13 400 7510 -22.7 -43.4 13 20.7 -25.4 313 4 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.21 14 350 8476 -29.6 -40.0 36 10.4 -30.9 294 11 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.34 15 300 9555 -38.4 -43.5 59 5.1 -38.9 253 15 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.27 16 250 10779 -49.8 -53.7 64 3.9 -50.0 247 21 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 17 200 12225 -50.2 -77.1 3 26.9 -50.7 277 16 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14095 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 281 12 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16673 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 348 8 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.99 m Freezing level: 615.60 mb = 4215.95 m = 13831.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.89 mb = 3563.83 m = 11692.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.35 mb = 3460.65 m = 11353.70 ft T: 6.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 19.42 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.33 mb = 3894.20 m = 12776.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 31.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.80 mb = 3713.69 m = 12183.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.80 mb = 4286.32 m = 14062.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.80 mb = 10784.29 m = 35381.11 ft B at Equ Level: 302.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.80 mb = 12231.30 m = 40128.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 30.5 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 60.5 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 57.81 Bulk Shear: 5.24 m/s