MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 54.38,-124.62 Latitude: 54.38 Longitude: -124.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 567 SFC 911 938 24.5 15.1 56 9.4 18.1 277 4 305.7 307.9 294.7 341.5 11.93 3 900 1040 22.3 14.0 59 8.3 16.8 278 4 304.5 306.6 293.8 337.9 11.21 4 850 1533 17.3 12.8 75 4.4 14.4 274 5 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.1 11.02 5 800 2047 12.7 9.4 81 3.3 10.7 272 10 304.7 306.4 292.4 332.6 9.31 6 750 2586 8.9 3.7 70 5.2 6.0 268 12 306.3 307.5 290.7 326.6 6.67 7 700 3152 4.7 -4.4 52 9.1 0.4 269 9 307.7 308.4 288.7 320.0 3.94 8 650 3752 1.0 -15.6 28 16.7 -5.0 287 4 310.1 310.5 287.3 315.8 1.74 9 600 4389 -3.3 -24.8 17 21.5 -9.3 302 2 312.3 312.5 287.2 315.2 0.85 10 550 5072 -7.6 -25.3 23 17.7 -12.3 270 1 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.2 0.89 11 500 5804 -13.2 -29.6 24 16.4 -16.9 327 1 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.2 0.65 12 450 6597 -18.9 -39.3 15 20.4 -22.0 328 3 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.28 13 400 7461 -25.9 -42.9 19 16.9 -27.9 356 4 321.3 321.3 289.4 322.1 0.22 14 350 8412 -33.6 -46.3 27 12.7 -34.6 26 7 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.17 15 300 9473 -42.8 -50.9 41 8.1 -43.2 23 6 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.12 16 250 10679 -50.0 -61.4 25 11.4 -50.3 329 4 331.7 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.04 17 200 12127 -51.3 -71.9 7 20.5 -51.7 296 6 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13998 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 265 7 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16602 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 270 5 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.97 m Freezing level: 638.03 mb = 3904.39 m = 12809.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.01 mb = 3198.61 m = 10494.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.70 C = 76.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.74 mb = 2112.49 m = 6930.67 ft T: 12.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 26.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.45 mb = 2242.79 m = 7358.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.27 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.48 C Cross Totals Index: 26.06 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1549.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.65 mb = 2145.02 m = 7037.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.65 mb = 2413.24 m = 7917.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.65 mb = 11062.14 m = 36292.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1544.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.65 mb = 13757.64 m = 45136.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 142626.08 Bulk Shear: 0.01 m/s