MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 47.61,-111.41 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -111.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 550 2 900 1031 SFC 895 1082 29.6 13.8 38 15.7 18.8 85 10 312.5 314.6 296.0 346.9 11.17 4 850 1534 22.6 13.4 56 9.2 16.4 93 14 309.8 312.0 295.4 344.8 11.45 5 800 2057 17.4 12.3 72 5.1 14.1 96 15 309.7 311.9 295.3 344.3 11.34 6 750 2605 12.2 11.0 93 1.2 11.4 99 15 309.8 311.9 295.1 343.5 11.07 7 700 3180 8.0 5.9 87 2.1 6.8 159 8 311.3 312.9 293.6 337.1 8.37 8 650 3787 4.1 0.8 79 3.3 2.3 225 6 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.1 6.24 9 600 4434 0.3 -8.8 51 9.0 -3.7 262 12 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.1 3.28 10 550 5126 -4.5 -13.6 49 9.2 -8.0 263 18 318.8 319.2 290.8 326.8 2.43 11 500 5867 -10.9 -17.9 56 7.0 -13.2 260 20 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.1 1.87 12 450 6666 -17.0 -26.0 46 8.9 -19.2 253 18 321.8 322.0 290.4 325.4 1.02 13 400 7539 -22.7 -32.6 40 9.9 -24.5 247 16 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.62 14 350 8504 -29.7 -35.2 59 5.5 -30.5 242 12 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.7 0.55 15 300 9584 -38.0 -45.7 44 7.7 -38.6 201 8 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 16 250 10813 -47.8 -58.6 28 10.9 -48.1 189 12 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.06 17 200 12256 -52.5 -71.9 8 19.4 -52.8 249 21 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14119 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 279 22 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16699 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 294 15 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.56 m Freezing level: 597.20 mb = 4472.98 m = 14674.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.90 mb = 4028.42 m = 13216.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.51 mb = 3043.77 m = 9986.00 ft T: 8.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 21.54 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.40 mb = 2745.89 m = 9008.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: -0.15 C Lifted Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 44.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1851.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.25 mb = 2770.28 m = 9088.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.25 mb = 2827.16 m = 9275.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.25 mb = 11933.06 m = 39149.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1835.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.25 mb = 15017.34 m = 49268.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 78.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 22.04 Bulk Shear: 84.01 m/s