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: 52.79,-127.66 Latitude: 52.79 Longitude: -127.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 569 SFC 914 908 25.7 16.6 57 9.0 19.4 297 4 306.6 309.1 295.8 346.1 13.14 3 900 1045 23.9 15.1 58 8.8 17.9 308 4 306.1 308.4 294.8 342.3 12.05 4 850 1542 20.7 10.5 52 10.2 14.1 2 3 307.8 309.5 293.4 336.3 9.40 5 800 2062 16.8 4.0 43 12.8 9.5 90 2 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.7 6.38 6 750 2607 12.8 -4.3 30 17.0 4.4 203 5 310.4 311.1 289.4 322.1 3.71 7 700 3181 8.4 -9.9 26 18.3 0.5 234 9 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.1 2.58 8 650 3787 3.6 -10.2 36 13.8 -2.3 239 8 313.0 313.6 289.3 321.8 2.70 9 600 4432 -0.1 -19.5 22 19.4 -6.6 210 2 316.0 316.3 288.9 320.6 1.36 10 550 5123 -4.1 -31.8 10 27.6 -10.8 93 6 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.49 11 500 5865 -9.9 -33.6 12 23.7 -15.0 90 10 321.0 321.0 289.5 322.6 0.45 12 450 6666 -16.6 -33.3 22 16.7 -19.8 88 13 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.2 0.51 13 400 7538 -23.3 -42.2 16 18.9 -25.8 94 16 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.23 14 350 8499 -31.4 -45.5 24 14.1 -32.8 103 21 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.19 15 300 9569 -40.3 -52.7 25 12.4 -41.0 103 24 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 16 250 10786 -49.8 -61.3 25 11.5 -50.1 115 31 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 12222 -53.8 -70.3 11 16.5 -54.1 108 20 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14082 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.5 60 3 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16673 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 112 5 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.96 m Freezing level: 601.26 mb = 4415.45 m = 14486.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.13 mb = 3285.47 m = 10778.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.85 mb = 2053.14 m = 6735.95 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 25.97 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3155.69 m = 10353.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 22.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 962.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.50 mb = 2646.36 m = 8682.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.50 mb = 3768.46 m = 12363.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.50 mb = 11281.00 m = 37010.71 ft B at Equ Level: 961.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.50 mb = 13604.65 m = 44634.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.3 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 152.3 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 69.44 Bulk Shear: 13.86 m/s