MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 129 1 950 573 2 900 1044 SFC 896 1082 21.4 16.5 74 4.8 18.1 312 3 303.9 306.4 295.2 343.6 13.33 4 850 1537 18.6 11.9 65 6.7 14.3 346 4 305.6 307.6 293.5 336.8 10.36 5 800 2055 16.4 5.6 49 10.8 10.0 122 4 308.6 310.0 291.9 330.5 7.13 6 750 2601 12.8 1.7 47 11.1 6.7 123 5 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.5 5.80 7 700 3175 8.4 -0.2 55 8.6 3.8 132 7 311.8 312.8 291.3 328.6 5.39 8 650 3783 4.3 -3.3 58 7.6 0.5 168 13 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.4 4.61 9 600 4429 -0.8 -4.6 75 3.8 -2.6 200 13 315.2 316.1 291.6 329.6 4.53 10 550 5117 -6.4 -9.7 77 3.3 -7.8 200 15 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.2 3.32 11 500 5854 -12.2 -15.5 76 3.3 -13.3 210 14 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.8 2.29 12 450 6650 -17.5 -30.8 30 13.4 -20.2 192 12 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.6 0.65 13 400 7523 -22.0 -49.1 7 27.1 -25.1 199 13 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.11 14 350 8493 -28.2 -37.3 41 9.1 -29.5 142 8 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.4 0.44 15 300 9580 -37.0 -49.4 26 12.4 -37.9 83 10 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 16 250 10811 -48.0 -55.2 43 7.3 -48.2 64 6 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.09 17 200 12245 -54.6 -59.6 54 5.0 -54.7 91 2 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.06 18 150 14113 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 297 14 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16700 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 286 9 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.45 m Freezing level: 607.92 mb = 4326.81 m = 14195.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.13 mb = 3881.51 m = 12734.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.50 mb = 1694.13 m = 5558.09 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 15.11 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.73 mb = 3143.00 m = 10311.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 530.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.06 mb = 2499.25 m = 8199.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.06 mb = 4111.92 m = 13490.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.06 mb = 10965.54 m = 35975.75 ft B at Equ Level: 528.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.06 mb = 13147.48 m = 43134.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 218.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 21.86 Bulk Shear: 24.28 m/s