MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 115 1 950 565 2 900 1038 SFC 895 1082 21.3 16.2 73 5.1 17.8 207 10 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.8 13.08 4 850 1533 20.3 12.3 60 8.0 15.1 214 19 307.5 309.5 294.3 339.7 10.67 5 800 2054 17.1 10.3 64 6.8 12.7 200 14 309.3 311.2 294.1 339.4 9.85 6 750 2601 12.3 8.3 76 4.1 9.8 191 13 309.9 311.7 293.9 338.0 9.18 7 700 3175 7.4 5.4 87 2.0 6.2 183 13 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.5 8.06 8 650 3781 3.0 1.0 87 2.0 1.9 183 14 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.1 6.33 9 600 4425 -1.0 -2.8 87 1.8 -1.9 188 15 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.5 5.19 10 550 5115 -5.0 -6.6 89 1.5 -5.7 188 13 318.1 318.9 292.2 331.8 4.25 11 500 5858 -9.5 -10.9 89 1.4 -10.1 202 10 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.5 3.34 12 450 6664 -14.5 -16.9 82 2.4 -15.3 238 8 325.0 325.5 292.4 332.7 2.26 13 400 7546 -21.0 -28.8 50 7.7 -22.7 250 6 327.7 327.9 292.0 330.9 0.89 14 350 8517 -28.2 -37.9 39 9.7 -29.5 256 3 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.4 0.42 15 300 9605 -36.6 -42.1 57 5.5 -37.2 173 2 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.31 16 250 10839 -47.3 -51.0 66 3.7 -47.4 75 6 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12278 -55.0 -62.4 39 7.4 -55.1 27 12 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14143 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 281 10 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16728 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 311 9 415.0 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.34 m Freezing level: 612.44 mb = 4264.85 m = 13992.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.13 mb = 4094.98 m = 13434.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.15 mb = 1725.94 m = 5662.47 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.66 mb = 2818.22 m = 9246.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 40.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 847.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.77 mb = 2469.02 m = 8100.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.77 mb = 3094.93 m = 10153.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.77 mb = 11467.60 m = 37622.89 ft B at Equ Level: 843.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.77 mb = 13857.10 m = 45462.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.6 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 227.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -17.5 tot: -6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 352.95 Bulk Shear: 2.40 m/s