MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 48.49,-111.20 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -111.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 552 SFC 904 983 23.0 15.6 63 7.4 17.9 313 9 304.8 307.1 294.8 341.8 12.40 3 900 1025 22.4 14.9 63 7.5 17.3 313 10 304.6 306.8 294.3 340.1 11.90 4 850 1519 17.5 13.2 76 4.3 14.7 315 13 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.3 11.32 5 800 2034 13.0 11.1 88 1.9 11.8 308 11 305.0 306.9 293.4 336.2 10.42 6 750 2573 9.4 7.7 89 1.6 8.3 289 8 306.7 308.4 292.6 333.5 8.84 7 700 3143 5.8 4.7 93 1.1 5.2 288 11 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.4 7.67 8 650 3746 2.3 1.1 92 1.2 1.6 275 12 311.5 312.8 292.1 331.4 6.38 9 600 4389 -1.3 -3.1 87 1.8 -2.2 266 11 314.6 315.6 291.9 330.7 5.07 10 550 5079 -4.5 -5.2 94 0.8 -4.8 260 11 318.8 319.7 292.8 334.0 4.72 11 500 5826 -8.6 -9.7 92 1.1 -9.1 250 13 322.5 323.3 293.0 334.7 3.66 12 450 6634 -14.1 -16.5 82 2.4 -14.9 239 12 325.6 326.0 292.7 333.5 2.34 13 400 7518 -19.4 -27.0 51 7.6 -21.2 221 7 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.5 1.04 14 350 8494 -27.0 -44.9 17 17.8 -29.1 167 1 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.20 15 300 9584 -36.1 -51.7 19 15.6 -37.2 192 9 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 16 250 10820 -47.3 -51.9 59 4.6 -47.6 102 4 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12256 -56.3 -62.5 45 6.3 -56.4 135 5 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14114 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 222 4 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16708 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 324 2 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.30 m Freezing level: 618.09 mb = 4156.68 m = 13637.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.97 mb = 4010.46 m = 13157.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.79 % Est. max temperature: 24.74 C = 76.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.86 mb = 1919.08 m = 6296.11 ft T: 13.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 11.14 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2173.63 m = 7131.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 417.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.97 mb = 2075.90 m = 6810.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.97 mb = 2342.79 m = 7686.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.97 mb = 11329.56 m = 37170.02 ft B at Equ Level: 411.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.97 mb = 13269.24 m = 43533.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -164.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -6.5 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 50.12 Bulk Shear: 8.33 m/s