MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 97 1 950 550 2 900 1032 SFC 895 1082 30.0 14.3 38 15.7 19.2 100 4 312.9 315.1 296.3 348.6 11.55 4 850 1535 23.2 13.2 53 10.0 16.5 105 4 310.5 312.6 295.5 344.9 11.27 5 800 2060 18.0 11.9 68 6.1 14.0 110 4 310.4 312.4 295.3 344.1 11.04 6 750 2608 12.8 10.6 87 2.2 11.4 126 4 310.4 312.5 295.1 343.3 10.76 7 700 3184 8.2 4.1 76 4.1 5.8 192 12 311.6 313.0 292.9 334.4 7.37 8 650 3792 4.3 -1.2 67 5.5 1.4 198 13 313.9 314.9 292.0 330.9 5.40 9 600 4438 -0.7 -7.9 58 7.2 -3.8 197 16 315.3 316.0 290.7 326.7 3.53 10 550 5126 -5.8 -16.2 44 10.4 -9.4 187 16 317.2 317.6 289.9 323.8 1.96 11 500 5865 -11.1 -20.2 47 9.1 -13.9 177 14 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.7 1.53 12 450 6665 -15.9 -29.9 29 14.0 -19.0 196 10 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.8 0.71 13 400 7543 -21.3 -39.4 18 18.2 -24.0 204 8 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.31 14 350 8513 -28.7 -37.8 41 9.1 -30.0 183 11 330.1 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.42 15 300 9596 -38.0 -45.2 47 7.1 -38.6 171 10 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.23 16 250 10824 -48.2 -53.7 53 5.5 -48.4 114 8 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 17 200 12265 -51.7 -68.8 11 17.1 -52.1 204 10 350.8 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14136 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 271 13 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16720 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 321 10 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.17 m Freezing level: 606.75 mb = 4350.42 m = 14272.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.48 mb = 3961.26 m = 12996.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.41 mb = 3037.11 m = 9964.14 ft T: 9.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 24.83 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.32 mb = 2852.82 m = 9359.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 43.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1844.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.92 mb = 2857.47 m = 9374.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.92 mb = 2914.96 m = 9563.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.92 mb = 11860.77 m = 38912.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1833.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.92 mb = 14906.82 m = 48906.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.6 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 214.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 121.34 Bulk Shear: 15.20 m/s