MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.69,-120.46 Latitude: 44.69 Longitude: -120.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 567 SFC 901 1016 18.7 8.5 51 10.2 12.6 296 5 300.7 302.1 289.9 323.6 7.75 3 900 1029 16.3 8.6 60 7.8 11.7 297 5 298.3 299.7 289.1 321.2 7.78 4 850 1512 11.5 7.4 76 4.1 9.1 286 6 298.2 299.5 288.9 320.4 7.60 5 800 2016 9.2 5.4 77 3.8 7.1 236 7 300.9 302.2 289.3 321.8 7.02 6 750 2550 7.5 4.0 79 3.5 5.5 217 4 304.7 305.9 290.3 325.2 6.80 7 700 3115 4.0 -0.5 73 4.5 1.7 242 4 306.9 307.9 289.7 323.1 5.28 8 650 3713 -0.4 -4.9 71 4.5 -2.5 251 6 308.5 309.3 289.1 321.2 4.08 9 600 4347 -5.3 -10.5 67 5.2 -7.4 251 6 309.9 310.5 288.4 319.0 2.85 10 550 5023 -10.2 -15.7 64 5.5 -12.1 247 6 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.6 2.04 11 500 5751 -15.3 -23.0 52 7.6 -17.3 270 6 314.3 314.6 288.2 318.4 1.20 12 450 6537 -21.3 -31.5 39 10.2 -23.1 312 6 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.6 0.61 13 400 7393 -28.0 -40.3 30 12.4 -29.4 338 6 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.28 14 350 8336 -35.6 -47.6 28 12.0 -36.4 83 2 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.4 0.15 15 300 9390 -43.5 -54.4 29 10.9 -43.9 11 10 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.08 16 250 10598 -48.5 -64.7 14 16.3 -48.8 342 18 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 17 200 12064 -48.1 -75.5 3 27.4 -48.7 279 19 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 13952 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 261 16 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 19 100 16575 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 190 5 421.8 421.9 307.9 421.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.37 m Freezing level: 654.63 mb = 3657.42 m = 11999.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.63 mb = 3353.14 m = 11000.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.43 % Est. max temperature: 22.50 C = 72.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.08 mb = 2288.32 m = 7507.53 ft T: 8.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 6.82 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.62 mb = 3026.19 m = 9928.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.43 C = 75.97 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8226.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.27 mb = 2137.93 m = 7014.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -7.9 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.59 Bulk Shear: 0.97 m/s