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: 54.12,-128.00 Latitude: 54.12 Longitude: -128.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 571 2 900 1046 SFC 879 1252 24.2 11.8 46 12.4 16.1 302 3 308.5 310.3 294.0 338.6 9.92 4 850 1543 19.9 10.0 53 9.9 13.6 302 3 307.0 308.7 292.9 334.5 9.10 5 800 2061 15.1 7.9 62 7.2 10.7 274 2 307.3 308.8 292.4 332.7 8.37 6 750 2603 10.4 3.7 63 6.7 6.6 239 2 307.9 309.1 291.2 328.3 6.67 7 700 3174 7.4 -14.2 20 21.6 -1.0 181 1 310.7 311.0 287.6 316.6 1.82 8 650 3779 3.1 -19.9 17 23.0 -4.6 139 2 312.5 312.7 287.6 316.5 1.21 9 600 4421 -1.3 -25.4 14 24.1 -8.2 120 3 314.6 314.7 287.9 317.4 0.81 10 550 5108 -5.4 -35.1 8 29.7 -11.9 142 5 317.7 317.7 288.4 318.9 0.35 11 500 5848 -10.1 -42.7 5 32.6 -15.6 161 7 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.18 12 450 6649 -16.6 -41.7 9 25.2 -20.4 130 9 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.22 13 400 7522 -23.3 -46.4 10 23.1 -25.9 129 15 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.15 14 350 8480 -32.0 -49.2 17 17.2 -33.4 134 17 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.12 15 300 9549 -40.5 -54.6 21 14.1 -41.2 132 11 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 16 250 10765 -50.0 -58.4 36 8.5 -50.2 133 9 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.06 17 200 12199 -54.7 -67.2 20 12.5 -54.9 147 12 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14058 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 172 7 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16653 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 152 6 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.60 m Freezing level: 615.00 mb = 4228.02 m = 13871.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.74 mb = 3094.93 m = 10153.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.63 % Est. max temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.40 mb = 2799.92 m = 9185.96 ft T: 9.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 22.07 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.70 mb = 3318.85 m = 10888.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 18.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 502.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.40 mb = 2890.82 m = 9484.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.40 mb = 4165.46 m = 13666.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.40 mb = 11043.39 m = 36231.15 ft B at Equ Level: 493.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.40 mb = 12901.71 m = 42327.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.7 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 174.7 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 79.14 Bulk Shear: 6.35 m/s