MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 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 99 1 950 547 2 900 1027 SFC 894 1082 24.7 14.5 53 10.2 17.8 91 9 307.6 309.7 295.0 342.8 11.68 4 850 1528 22.3 13.1 56 9.2 16.2 111 21 309.5 311.6 295.2 343.7 11.23 5 800 2051 17.7 11.8 68 5.9 13.8 131 22 310.0 312.1 295.1 343.4 10.95 6 750 2599 12.7 10.0 83 2.7 11.0 145 23 310.4 312.3 294.8 342.0 10.33 7 700 3174 7.7 6.3 91 1.4 6.8 158 20 311.0 312.6 293.7 337.3 8.56 8 650 3781 3.4 1.7 88 1.7 2.4 177 11 312.8 314.1 292.7 333.6 6.66 9 600 4426 -0.6 -4.5 75 3.9 -2.5 207 6 315.4 316.3 291.7 330.0 4.56 10 550 5116 -4.9 -9.7 69 4.8 -7.0 275 7 318.3 318.9 291.5 329.1 3.32 11 500 5858 -11.0 -15.3 71 4.3 -12.5 288 12 319.7 320.1 291.0 327.5 2.33 12 450 6657 -16.8 -24.3 52 7.5 -18.7 295 12 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.2 1.18 13 400 7531 -22.2 -34.2 33 12.0 -24.2 301 12 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.1 0.53 14 350 8499 -28.9 -40.0 33 11.1 -30.3 299 10 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.33 15 300 9583 -37.6 -44.9 46 7.4 -38.2 276 13 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.23 16 250 10813 -47.3 -51.1 65 3.8 -47.5 253 20 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12252 -54.9 -67.2 20 12.3 -55.1 277 16 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14109 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 295 16 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16697 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 298 14 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.04 m Freezing level: 607.44 mb = 4330.10 m = 14206.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.39 mb = 4092.02 m = 13425.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.49 mb = 2381.31 m = 7812.59 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 17.53 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.96 mb = 2813.50 m = 9230.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 44.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1549.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.10 mb = 2653.69 m = 8706.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.10 mb = 2938.23 m = 9639.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.10 mb = 11934.28 m = 39153.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1543.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.10 mb = 14544.49 m = 47717.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.6 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 201.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 133.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 46.03 Bulk Shear: 33.67 m/s