MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 57.0,-128.0 Latitude: 57.00 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 131 1 950 562 2 900 1017 SFC 852 1476 8.5 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 257 5 294.8 296.3 288.1 318.0 8.04 4 850 1493 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 257 6 294.9 296.4 288.1 318.0 7.99 5 800 1992 4.8 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 281 18 296.2 297.4 287.2 315.5 6.59 6 750 2515 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 296 22 298.4 299.4 287.1 315.1 5.63 7 700 3068 -1.9 -2.2 97 0.3 -2.0 291 20 300.4 301.3 286.9 314.4 4.65 8 650 3655 -4.3 -10.6 61 6.3 -6.7 279 22 304.1 304.6 286.1 312.3 2.62 9 600 4283 -6.2 -34.5 9 28.3 -12.0 283 31 309.0 309.0 285.4 310.2 0.34 10 550 4957 -10.7 -42.4 5 31.7 -15.7 288 40 311.4 311.4 286.0 312.0 0.17 11 500 5683 -14.4 -36.3 14 21.9 -18.2 288 51 315.5 315.6 287.7 316.8 0.34 12 450 6473 -19.6 -30.1 39 10.5 -21.7 287 56 318.6 318.7 289.0 321.0 0.70 13 400 7339 -24.2 -30.8 54 6.6 -25.4 287 62 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.2 0.73 14 350 8299 -30.9 -37.1 55 6.1 -31.7 286 70 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.7 0.45 15 300 9373 -39.6 -45.4 54 5.8 -40.0 288 73 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 16 250 10595 -48.7 -56.1 42 7.4 -49.0 292 81 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 17 200 12047 -49.8 -69.1 9 19.3 -50.3 291 57 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.02 18 150 13930 -50.0 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 292 45 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16561 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.0 -53.3 302 21 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5552.03 m Freezing level: 726.40 mb = 2776.25 m = 9108.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.89 mb = 2744.11 m = 9002.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.19 % Est. max temperature: 13.74 C = 56.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.41 mb = 1508.68 m = 4949.68 ft T: 8.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.41 mb = 1997.61 m = 6553.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.81 C = 49.66 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 30.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.58 mb = 2016.21 m = 6614.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.58 mb = 2067.23 m = 6782.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.58 mb = 3384.45 m = 11103.71 ft B at Equ Level: 28.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 612.58 mb = 4119.99 m = 13516.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.7 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 316.7 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 126.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 87.30 m/s