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: 53.64,-121.54 Latitude: 53.64 Longitude: -121.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 566 2 900 1044 SFC 882 1217 25.5 11.5 42 14.0 16.3 255 1 309.5 311.3 294.1 339.1 9.69 4 850 1542 21.1 9.3 47 11.8 13.7 217 1 308.3 309.9 293.0 334.8 8.70 5 800 2063 16.0 7.6 57 8.5 10.9 207 4 308.3 309.8 292.6 333.2 8.20 6 750 2607 12.2 -4.9 30 17.1 3.9 199 11 309.8 310.5 289.0 320.9 3.53 7 700 3179 7.3 -5.5 40 12.8 1.3 200 13 310.6 311.3 289.4 322.0 3.63 8 650 3784 3.7 -18.7 18 22.5 -4.1 192 9 313.2 313.4 288.0 317.7 1.34 9 600 4428 -0.6 -21.8 18 21.3 -7.3 171 7 315.5 315.7 288.5 319.2 1.11 10 550 5116 -5.8 -23.8 23 18.1 -10.9 146 6 317.3 317.4 289.0 320.7 1.01 11 500 5854 -11.2 -36.9 10 25.8 -16.0 118 8 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.32 12 450 6652 -17.3 -40.1 12 22.7 -20.9 102 11 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.26 13 400 7522 -24.4 -42.7 17 18.3 -26.6 107 20 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.22 14 350 8479 -32.0 -48.0 19 16.0 -33.3 109 28 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.14 15 300 9546 -41.6 -52.8 29 11.2 -42.2 109 35 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.10 16 250 10757 -49.6 -61.8 23 12.2 -49.9 112 23 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 17 200 12201 -53.3 -68.7 14 15.4 -53.6 108 17 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14065 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 122 7 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16654 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 261 0 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.61 m Freezing level: 606.61 mb = 4342.91 m = 14248.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.28 mb = 3316.85 m = 10881.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.17 mb = 2966.44 m = 9732.30 ft T: 9.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 18.17 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.61 mb = 3480.59 m = 11419.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 28.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 672.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.76 mb = 3099.29 m = 10168.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.76 mb = 4672.26 m = 15328.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.76 mb = 10973.80 m = 36002.84 ft B at Equ Level: 664.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.76 mb = 12821.02 m = 42063.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.0 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 186.0 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -8.4 tot: -8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 80.21 Bulk Shear: 8.38 m/s