MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 126 1 950 568 2 900 1040 SFC 896 1081 18.5 15.9 85 2.5 16.7 245 2 300.9 303.3 294.0 338.5 12.80 4 850 1535 19.6 12.6 64 6.9 15.0 282 2 306.7 308.7 294.2 339.4 10.88 5 800 2054 16.2 7.2 55 9.0 10.7 44 2 308.4 309.9 292.5 332.9 8.00 6 750 2599 12.5 2.9 52 9.6 7.1 215 2 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.7 6.31 7 700 3174 8.0 -0.3 55 8.4 3.6 226 7 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.1 5.34 8 650 3780 3.5 -3.9 58 7.4 -0.1 231 13 313.0 313.8 290.9 327.0 4.43 9 600 4424 -1.1 -5.5 72 4.4 -3.2 231 18 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.3 4.23 10 550 5112 -6.0 -8.3 84 2.3 -7.0 235 26 316.9 317.7 291.4 329.0 3.72 11 500 5851 -11.3 -12.3 92 1.0 -11.7 222 22 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.1 2.98 12 450 6652 -16.0 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.6 169 14 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.3 1.47 13 400 7529 -21.5 -33.1 34 11.6 -23.7 135 13 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.2 0.59 14 350 8499 -28.3 -37.7 40 9.4 -29.6 113 10 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.43 15 300 9586 -37.0 -41.3 65 4.2 -37.5 94 8 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.34 16 250 10816 -48.6 -52.9 60 4.4 -48.7 30 6 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12257 -52.4 -67.3 15 14.9 -52.7 177 8 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14118 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 272 21 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16705 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 310 12 417.9 417.9 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.28 m Freezing level: 612.28 mb = 4265.84 m = 13995.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.32 mb = 3763.26 m = 12346.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.70 mb = 1406.39 m = 4614.09 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 12.49 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 2996.60 m = 9831.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 600.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.59 mb = 2403.45 m = 7885.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.59 mb = 3747.31 m = 12294.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.59 mb = 11281.71 m = 37013.04 ft B at Equ Level: 582.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.59 mb = 13210.24 m = 43340.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 21.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 34.35 Bulk Shear: 17.48 m/s