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: 51.59,-126.34 Latitude: 51.59 Longitude: -126.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 1 950 579 2 900 1052 SFC 867 1376 20.7 15.8 73 5.0 17.3 271 6 306.1 308.6 295.6 345.5 13.10 4 850 1545 17.6 15.0 85 2.6 15.8 276 6 304.6 306.9 294.9 342.5 12.71 5 800 2060 13.4 11.7 89 1.7 12.3 243 3 305.4 307.4 293.8 338.0 10.85 6 750 2602 11.0 5.5 69 5.5 7.8 140 4 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.6 7.56 7 700 3173 6.3 0.1 65 6.2 3.1 129 7 309.5 310.5 290.7 326.6 5.52 8 650 3775 1.2 -5.1 63 6.3 -1.7 93 7 310.3 311.0 289.6 322.9 4.02 9 600 4413 -3.0 -17.9 31 14.9 -8.0 112 11 312.6 312.9 288.0 317.8 1.56 10 550 5097 -7.3 -23.4 26 16.1 -11.8 117 14 315.4 315.6 288.4 319.0 1.06 11 500 5831 -12.5 -34.9 14 22.4 -16.9 117 16 317.8 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.39 12 450 6626 -17.5 -43.1 9 25.6 -21.2 115 20 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.19 13 400 7495 -24.6 -45.6 13 20.9 -26.9 116 21 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.16 14 350 8452 -32.1 -49.0 17 16.9 -33.4 119 23 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.13 15 300 9521 -40.5 -55.3 19 14.8 -41.2 117 24 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10738 -49.3 -61.6 22 12.4 -49.6 117 21 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12188 -50.1 -76.5 3 26.4 -50.6 144 7 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14059 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 181 5 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16645 -57.5 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 122 10 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.57 m Freezing level: 636.18 mb = 3951.60 m = 12964.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.09 mb = 3552.37 m = 11654.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.44 % Est. max temperature: 23.60 C = 74.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.62 mb = 2000.94 m = 6564.67 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 27.66 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.77 mb = 2493.57 m = 8180.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.38 C = 72.29 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 27.53 C K Index: 38.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1570.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.94 mb = 2219.95 m = 7283.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.94 mb = 2826.57 m = 9273.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.94 mb = 11281.10 m = 37011.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1555.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.94 mb = 14061.33 m = 46132.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.7 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 147.7 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -2.5 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 43.95 Bulk Shear: 35.73 m/s