MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 90 1 950 541 2 900 1024 SFC 894 1082 29.3 13.6 38 15.7 18.7 97 6 312.3 314.4 295.8 346.2 10.99 4 850 1529 24.3 12.5 47 11.9 16.4 102 6 311.6 313.7 295.4 344.7 10.74 5 800 2055 19.1 11.2 60 7.9 14.0 105 6 311.5 313.5 295.3 343.9 10.53 6 750 2606 13.8 10.3 79 3.5 11.6 108 6 311.6 313.6 295.3 344.0 10.56 7 700 3183 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 131 5 311.7 313.6 294.7 341.7 9.74 8 650 3791 3.7 1.6 86 2.2 2.5 207 10 313.2 314.4 292.7 333.8 6.61 9 600 4436 -0.7 -5.4 70 4.8 -2.9 218 13 315.4 316.2 291.4 329.0 4.26 10 550 5125 -5.7 -12.0 61 6.3 -8.2 221 13 317.3 317.9 290.7 326.4 2.78 11 500 5865 -10.3 -16.4 61 6.0 -12.4 222 12 320.4 320.9 291.0 327.6 2.13 12 450 6669 -15.0 -27.9 32 12.9 -18.0 213 10 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.86 13 400 7549 -21.0 -39.0 18 18.0 -23.8 210 9 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.33 14 350 8519 -28.6 -46.8 16 18.2 -30.4 206 9 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.16 15 300 9603 -37.8 -45.6 44 7.8 -38.4 187 10 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.22 16 250 10832 -47.9 -54.1 48 6.3 -48.1 120 9 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.3 0.10 17 200 12272 -53.5 -63.8 27 10.3 -53.8 243 7 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.04 18 150 14137 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 284 15 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16726 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 300 8 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.27 m Freezing level: 607.55 mb = 4338.64 m = 14234.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.70 mb = 4085.09 m = 13402.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.82 mb = 3054.51 m = 10021.24 ft T: 9.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.79 mb = 3031.33 m = 9945.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 46.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1651.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.48 mb = 3034.97 m = 9957.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.48 mb = 3093.88 m = 10150.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.48 mb = 12034.97 m = 39484.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1637.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.48 mb = 14693.03 m = 48204.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.2 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 230.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 87.81 Bulk Shear: 18.81 m/s