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: 55.12,-121.17 Latitude: 55.12 Longitude: -121.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 552 2 900 1027 SFC 885 1173 24.2 10.1 41 14.1 15.3 266 10 307.9 309.6 293.0 334.7 8.81 4 850 1523 19.5 8.0 47 11.5 12.5 268 15 306.6 308.0 291.9 330.7 7.95 5 800 2039 14.3 6.7 60 7.6 9.8 269 17 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.8 7.71 6 750 2580 9.4 2.6 63 6.8 5.7 278 18 306.8 307.9 290.5 325.6 6.17 7 700 3148 5.9 -11.2 28 17.1 -1.1 285 10 309.0 309.5 287.6 316.5 2.32 8 650 3749 1.3 -15.9 26 17.2 -4.9 280 8 310.4 310.7 287.4 316.0 1.70 9 600 4388 -2.5 -24.9 16 22.5 -8.8 268 7 313.3 313.4 287.5 316.1 0.84 10 550 5071 -7.6 -23.0 28 15.4 -12.0 259 6 315.0 315.2 288.3 318.7 1.09 11 500 5804 -13.0 -31.6 20 18.5 -16.9 254 5 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.1 0.55 12 450 6596 -19.1 -36.3 20 17.2 -21.9 259 6 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.7 0.38 13 400 7460 -25.8 -40.1 25 14.2 -27.6 252 9 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.29 14 350 8412 -33.5 -44.1 34 10.5 -34.5 243 12 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 15 300 9474 -42.3 -47.7 55 5.5 -42.6 243 15 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.17 16 250 10681 -50.7 -56.3 51 5.6 -50.9 235 15 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.07 17 200 12122 -51.5 -72.2 7 20.7 -51.9 259 10 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13996 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 262 10 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16600 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 307 5 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.96 m Freezing level: 632.81 mb = 3968.69 m = 13020.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.08 mb = 3053.67 m = 10018.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.74 C = 74.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.31 mb = 2924.06 m = 9593.25 ft T: 7.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.65 mb = 3268.99 m = 10724.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 23.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 573.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.96 mb = 2974.04 m = 9757.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.96 mb = 3749.61 m = 12301.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.96 mb = 10682.04 m = 35045.64 ft B at Equ Level: 565.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.96 mb = 12457.86 m = 40871.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 299.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 255.79 Bulk Shear: 2.24 m/s