MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 124 1 950 566 2 900 1035 SFC 895 1081 15.4 14.6 95 0.8 14.9 255 4 297.8 299.9 292.2 331.9 11.76 4 850 1527 19.1 11.9 63 7.1 14.4 263 4 306.1 308.0 293.6 337.3 10.37 5 800 2047 16.7 4.8 45 11.9 9.7 150 4 308.9 310.2 291.6 329.7 6.77 6 750 2592 12.8 2.3 49 10.5 6.9 162 2 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.1 6.02 7 700 3167 8.5 0.6 57 8.0 4.2 234 5 311.9 313.0 291.6 329.7 5.70 8 650 3775 3.9 -1.9 66 5.8 0.9 212 10 313.4 314.3 291.6 329.5 5.11 9 600 4420 -0.9 -5.1 73 4.3 -2.9 220 16 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.0 4.35 10 550 5109 -5.9 -11.9 63 6.0 -8.2 252 17 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.2 2.80 11 500 5847 -11.4 -15.9 69 4.5 -12.9 242 17 319.1 319.6 290.7 326.5 2.22 12 450 6646 -16.8 -20.5 73 3.7 -17.9 210 16 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.7 1.66 13 400 7521 -21.9 -27.2 62 5.3 -23.1 169 13 326.5 326.7 291.7 330.2 1.03 14 350 8492 -27.5 -36.5 42 9.0 -28.8 119 6 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.5 0.48 15 300 9581 -36.9 -48.0 30 11.2 -37.7 84 7 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.16 16 250 10812 -48.0 -57.4 33 9.3 -48.4 135 5 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12248 -55.4 -58.6 68 3.1 -55.5 223 7 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14101 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 291 17 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16689 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 318 8 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.68 m Freezing level: 609.11 mb = 4302.74 m = 14116.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.20 mb = 3922.54 m = 12869.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.32 mb = 1176.44 m = 3859.66 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 8.17 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.04 mb = 3284.86 m = 10776.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 221.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.04 mb = 2468.81 m = 8099.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.04 mb = 4472.76 m = 14674.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.04 mb = 8166.32 m = 26792.08 ft B at Equ Level: 217.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.04 mb = 11751.84 m = 38555.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -7.8 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 28.26 Bulk Shear: 7.83 m/s