MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 49.63,-117.33 Latitude: 49.63 Longitude: -117.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 577 2 900 1053 SFC 860 1449 23.0 12.5 51 10.6 16.0 205 3 309.2 311.2 294.7 341.6 10.61 4 850 1551 20.7 11.3 55 9.4 14.7 207 3 307.9 309.7 293.9 338.1 9.98 5 800 2070 15.5 10.1 70 5.3 12.1 215 3 307.6 309.5 293.6 337.2 9.76 6 750 2613 10.5 7.0 79 3.5 8.4 225 2 308.0 309.5 292.7 333.6 8.42 7 700 3184 6.1 3.1 81 3.0 4.5 25 1 309.3 310.6 291.8 330.4 6.86 8 650 3787 1.5 -3.5 69 5.0 -0.9 59 4 310.6 311.5 290.2 324.9 4.54 9 600 4426 -2.7 -13.9 42 11.2 -6.9 74 5 313.0 313.4 288.8 320.1 2.17 10 550 5109 -7.7 -19.7 37 12.1 -11.4 61 3 315.0 315.3 288.7 319.8 1.45 11 500 5843 -12.4 -25.2 33 12.9 -15.6 85 3 318.0 318.1 289.2 321.4 0.98 12 450 6639 -17.5 -19.7 83 2.3 -18.1 90 3 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.3 1.78 13 400 7510 -23.6 -25.7 83 2.1 -24.1 147 2 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.4 1.18 14 350 8470 -31.3 -40.6 40 9.2 -32.4 181 4 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.32 15 300 9542 -40.1 -51.5 28 11.5 -40.7 209 8 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.11 16 250 10760 -49.6 -59.9 29 10.3 -49.9 217 7 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 12206 -50.7 -74.0 5 23.3 -51.1 248 10 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14074 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 265 4 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 217 3 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.17 m Freezing level: 632.45 mb = 4011.06 m = 13159.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.51 mb = 3680.84 m = 12076.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.26 % Est. max temperature: 22.81 C = 73.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.85 mb = 2771.01 m = 9091.12 ft T: 9.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.95 mb = 2871.59 m = 9421.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.38 C = 72.29 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 41.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1133.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.46 mb = 2786.54 m = 9142.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.46 mb = 3073.05 m = 10082.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.46 mb = 11315.06 m = 37122.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1105.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.46 mb = 13676.56 m = 44870.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.2 at 3.1 knts Storm direction: 117.2 at 2.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 327.72 Bulk Shear: 3.46 m/s