MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 117 1 950 568 2 900 1045 SFC 896 1082 25.6 14.9 52 10.6 18.3 89 2 308.2 310.5 295.4 344.5 11.99 4 850 1542 19.9 13.6 67 6.4 15.7 85 2 307.0 309.2 294.8 342.0 11.59 5 800 2062 15.5 10.8 74 4.7 12.4 104 4 307.6 309.5 294.0 338.5 10.21 6 750 2607 11.8 8.9 82 3.0 10.0 145 11 309.4 311.2 294.0 338.6 9.57 7 700 3181 7.7 4.2 78 3.5 5.6 153 11 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.8 7.39 8 650 3788 4.1 -0.6 72 4.6 1.6 181 13 313.6 314.6 292.1 331.3 5.66 9 600 4434 -0.9 -4.2 79 3.2 -2.5 196 15 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.68 10 550 5122 -6.1 -7.0 93 0.9 -6.5 194 15 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.11 11 500 5860 -12.2 -13.7 88 1.5 -12.8 197 13 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.65 12 450 6656 -17.4 -24.8 52 7.5 -19.2 208 9 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.4 1.13 13 400 7531 -21.1 -55.9 3 34.8 -24.4 221 8 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.05 14 350 8501 -28.6 -45.5 18 16.9 -30.4 177 8 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.19 15 300 9585 -37.4 -46.4 39 9.0 -38.1 125 10 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.20 16 250 10815 -48.3 -54.1 51 5.8 -48.5 104 9 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 17 200 12250 -54.0 -60.4 46 6.4 -54.2 145 5 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14119 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 282 12 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16706 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 310 11 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.11 m Freezing level: 609.23 mb = 4314.34 m = 14154.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.47 mb = 4033.99 m = 13234.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.96 mb = 2417.78 m = 7932.25 ft T: 13.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 8.66 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2709.05 m = 8887.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 42.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1292.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.25 mb = 2447.60 m = 8030.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.25 mb = 3071.42 m = 10076.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.25 mb = 11658.97 m = 38250.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1285.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.25 mb = 14150.83 m = 46426.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.3 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 213.3 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 81.32 Bulk Shear: 15.90 m/s