MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-111.46 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 532 2 900 997 SFC 891 1078 16.5 14.2 86 2.4 15.0 184 20 299.4 301.5 292.5 332.9 11.47 4 850 1482 15.0 8.7 66 6.3 11.2 173 38 301.8 303.4 290.7 326.5 8.31 5 800 1995 14.0 6.1 59 7.9 9.3 168 22 306.1 307.4 291.3 328.4 7.38 6 750 2537 11.1 4.4 63 6.7 7.2 144 12 308.6 309.9 291.7 330.1 7.00 7 700 3108 6.5 0.9 67 5.6 3.5 120 11 309.7 310.8 291.1 327.8 5.84 8 650 3712 2.1 -2.4 72 4.6 -0.2 82 8 311.4 312.3 290.8 326.8 4.92 9 600 4353 -2.8 -5.5 82 2.7 -4.1 49 9 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.2 4.22 10 550 5036 -7.6 -9.6 86 2.0 -8.4 7 8 315.0 315.7 290.5 325.9 3.36 11 500 5771 -12.4 -14.4 86 1.9 -13.1 334 7 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.2 2.52 12 450 6569 -16.8 -18.9 83 2.1 -17.4 251 8 322.2 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.91 13 400 7445 -21.8 -24.3 80 2.5 -22.4 184 18 326.6 326.9 292.1 331.3 1.33 14 350 8414 -28.9 -31.8 76 2.9 -29.4 179 28 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.76 15 300 9497 -38.1 -41.3 72 3.2 -38.4 184 34 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 16 250 10721 -49.4 -52.9 67 3.5 -49.6 184 33 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12141 -59.3 -63.4 59 4.1 -59.4 186 31 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 13998 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 209 26 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16615 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 207 11 420.9 420.9 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.13 m Freezing level: 628.44 mb = 3988.30 m = 13084.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.15 mb = 3685.22 m = 12090.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.61 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.65 mb = 1376.32 m = 4515.42 ft T: 15.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 6.35 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.27 mb = 3140.05 m = 10301.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 30.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.53 mb = 2331.91 m = 7650.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.53 mb = 4707.10 m = 15443.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.53 mb = 6182.76 m = 20284.40 ft B at Equ Level: 47.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 403.53 mb = 7379.38 m = 24210.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.7 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 183.7 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -117.5 tot: -117.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: -5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 50.28 m/s