MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 119 1 950 564 2 900 1039 SFC 896 1082 21.5 15.6 69 5.8 17.5 344 4 304.0 306.4 294.7 341.5 12.57 4 850 1536 20.1 11.2 56 8.9 14.4 295 3 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.1 9.87 5 800 2055 16.4 5.9 50 10.5 10.2 279 8 308.6 310.0 292.0 330.9 7.28 6 750 2601 12.7 3.9 55 8.8 7.6 245 4 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.2 6.76 7 700 3175 8.2 3.3 71 4.9 5.5 185 7 311.6 312.9 292.6 333.2 6.96 8 650 3783 4.2 -0.1 73 4.3 1.9 177 15 313.7 314.8 292.3 332.0 5.83 9 600 4430 -0.0 -5.9 65 5.9 -2.8 176 20 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.3 4.10 10 550 5121 -4.9 -12.3 56 7.4 -7.8 171 20 318.2 318.8 290.9 327.1 2.70 11 500 5862 -10.9 -18.7 53 7.8 -13.4 165 18 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.6 1.75 12 450 6662 -16.0 -20.6 68 4.6 -17.3 137 12 323.2 323.5 291.4 328.8 1.65 13 400 7540 -21.1 -24.1 77 3.0 -21.9 89 8 327.5 327.8 292.3 332.3 1.36 14 350 8512 -28.3 -31.5 74 3.2 -28.9 53 7 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.4 0.78 15 300 9597 -37.2 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 16 5 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10828 -48.4 -51.9 67 3.5 -48.6 307 10 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.13 17 200 12263 -53.5 -68.2 15 14.7 -53.8 293 7 348.0 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14130 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 228 12 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16709 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.8 308 17 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.59 m Freezing level: 600.35 mb = 4425.59 m = 14519.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.79 mb = 4038.65 m = 13249.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.06 mb = 1822.03 m = 5977.72 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.54 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.29 mb = 3218.86 m = 10560.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 355.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.17 mb = 2665.52 m = 8745.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.17 mb = 4441.01 m = 14570.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.17 mb = 11112.45 m = 36457.74 ft B at Equ Level: 345.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.17 mb = 12624.42 m = 41418.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 203.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -17.8 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.59 Bulk Shear: 30.65 m/s