MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 54.10,-128.00 Latitude: 54.10 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 134 1 950 579 2 900 1055 SFC 879 1259 23.9 12.4 49 11.5 16.3 50 3 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.6 10.34 4 850 1552 20.2 11.0 55 9.2 14.3 79 3 307.3 309.2 293.5 336.9 9.75 5 800 2071 15.3 9.6 68 5.8 11.7 111 3 307.5 309.3 293.3 336.0 9.40 6 750 2614 10.3 7.3 82 3.0 8.5 200 5 307.8 309.4 292.8 333.9 8.60 7 700 3184 6.5 -7.3 36 13.8 0.3 220 13 309.7 310.3 288.6 319.6 3.14 8 650 3787 2.5 -12.5 32 15.0 -3.4 208 13 311.8 312.2 288.4 319.0 2.25 9 600 4429 -1.2 -19.1 24 17.9 -7.2 190 9 314.7 315.0 288.5 319.4 1.40 10 550 5117 -4.6 -26.2 17 21.6 -10.5 141 8 318.7 318.8 289.2 321.5 0.82 11 500 5860 -9.5 -36.0 10 26.4 -14.9 113 10 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.35 12 450 6663 -15.4 -43.7 7 28.3 -19.6 100 14 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.18 13 400 7540 -22.0 -47.3 8 25.4 -24.9 93 20 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.13 14 350 8509 -28.8 -36.4 48 7.6 -29.9 84 31 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.7 0.49 15 300 9593 -37.4 -46.0 40 8.6 -38.1 80 46 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 16 250 10821 -48.4 -59.0 28 10.7 -48.7 76 51 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12249 -60.4 -66.3 46 5.9 -60.5 77 57 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 18 150 14049 -56.1 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 68 8 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16623 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 291 4 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.58 m Freezing level: 616.46 mb = 4217.46 m = 13836.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.56 mb = 3224.21 m = 10577.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.26 C = 75.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.19 mb = 2700.54 m = 8859.93 ft T: 9.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 20.53 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.39 mb = 2889.71 m = 9480.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.91 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 26.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 481.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.24 mb = 2755.82 m = 9041.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.24 mb = 3157.70 m = 10359.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.24 mb = 12177.26 m = 39951.17 ft B at Equ Level: 470.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.24 mb = 13557.77 m = 44480.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.5 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 178.5 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -16.0 tot: -12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 41.37 Bulk Shear: 11.65 m/s