MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 47.15,-118.68 Latitude: 47.15 Longitude: -118.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 954 529 22.1 15.2 65 6.9 17.5 198 12 299.3 301.4 292.4 332.7 11.45 2 950 563 21.8 15.0 66 6.7 17.3 196 12 299.3 301.4 292.4 332.5 11.38 3 900 1031 20.7 11.3 55 9.4 14.7 249 24 302.8 304.6 291.9 330.8 9.40 4 850 1522 17.3 10.6 65 6.7 13.1 273 17 304.3 306.0 292.4 332.6 9.49 5 800 2037 13.6 8.8 73 4.8 10.6 333 8 305.7 307.3 292.4 332.5 8.91 6 750 2577 9.7 6.5 81 3.2 7.8 48 10 307.1 308.6 292.2 331.8 8.14 7 700 3147 5.8 4.7 92 1.1 5.2 85 16 309.0 310.4 292.4 332.4 7.67 8 650 3750 1.5 0.9 96 0.6 1.1 90 24 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.1 6.28 9 600 4392 -1.4 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.6 95 30 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.2 5.61 10 550 5081 -5.2 -5.9 95 0.7 -5.5 101 30 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.4 4.48 11 500 5825 -9.2 -10.3 92 1.1 -9.6 109 27 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.4 3.50 12 450 6632 -14.4 -16.0 88 1.6 -15.0 118 24 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.4 2.44 13 400 7516 -19.6 -21.6 84 2.0 -20.1 134 18 329.5 329.9 293.2 335.5 1.70 14 350 8493 -27.0 -29.5 79 2.5 -27.5 155 14 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.9 0.95 15 300 9585 -36.0 -39.0 74 3.0 -36.3 176 15 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.3 0.44 16 250 10821 -47.3 -50.7 68 3.4 -47.5 181 25 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.15 17 200 12260 -53.4 -67.6 16 14.2 -53.7 211 30 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14116 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 230 16 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16684 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 183 6 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.16 m Freezing level: 624.83 mb = 4073.42 m = 13364.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.43 mb = 4008.18 m = 13150.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.26 mb = 1409.12 m = 4623.03 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.96 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.70 mb = 2624.83 m = 8611.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 35.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.39 mb = 2022.08 m = 6634.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.39 mb = 3670.53 m = 12042.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 616.39 mb = 4176.06 m = 13700.82 ft B at Equ Level: 22.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 526.39 mb = 5423.30 m = 17792.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 131.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.1 neg: -5.4 tot: 335.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 162.24 m/s