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: 51.53,-119.91 Latitude: 51.53 Longitude: -119.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 572 2 900 1049 SFC 883 1217 25.0 14.2 51 10.8 17.7 177 3 308.9 311.1 295.3 344.2 11.60 4 850 1547 20.3 12.3 60 8.0 15.1 178 4 307.4 309.4 294.2 339.7 10.66 5 800 2066 15.4 10.1 71 5.3 12.0 185 4 307.6 309.4 293.6 337.1 9.74 6 750 2610 12.0 2.3 51 9.8 6.6 163 3 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.3 6.02 7 700 3183 7.4 -1.3 54 8.7 2.9 135 5 310.7 311.6 290.6 326.2 4.97 8 650 3788 2.2 -3.9 64 6.0 -0.7 138 6 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.3 4.41 9 600 4428 -3.2 -7.8 71 4.5 -5.2 149 7 312.4 313.0 289.9 323.7 3.55 10 550 5110 -7.7 -16.9 47 9.2 -10.8 146 6 315.0 315.3 289.0 321.1 1.85 11 500 5845 -11.7 -35.4 12 23.7 -16.3 133 10 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.1 0.38 12 450 6643 -17.4 -34.9 20 17.4 -20.6 130 12 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.9 0.44 13 400 7511 -24.1 -47.8 9 23.7 -26.6 130 12 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.13 14 350 8469 -32.1 -45.1 27 12.9 -33.3 131 14 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.20 15 300 9538 -40.5 -52.3 27 11.8 -41.2 149 9 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.10 16 250 10753 -49.9 -57.9 39 8.0 -50.2 167 7 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.06 17 200 12197 -51.2 -72.3 6 21.2 -51.6 250 4 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14066 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 232 2 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16652 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 143 4 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.93 m Freezing level: 630.05 mb = 4042.98 m = 13264.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.21 mb = 3660.48 m = 12009.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.56 mb = 2570.36 m = 8432.84 ft T: 12.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 24.04 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.31 mb = 2945.59 m = 9663.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 35.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1475.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.49 mb = 2660.32 m = 8727.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.49 mb = 3294.66 m = 10809.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.49 mb = 11278.72 m = 37003.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1470.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.49 mb = 14044.67 m = 46077.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 171.2 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 500.29 Bulk Shear: 2.95 m/s