MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 48.35,-111.38 Latitude: 48.35 Longitude: -111.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 562 SFC 907 974 29.1 16.0 45 13.1 20.0 114 9 310.9 313.3 296.6 349.8 12.74 3 900 1042 26.4 15.6 51 10.8 18.9 114 9 308.7 311.1 295.8 346.5 12.46 4 850 1542 21.1 14.6 66 6.6 16.7 118 10 308.3 310.6 295.7 345.7 12.35 5 800 2063 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.3 121 10 308.2 310.5 295.6 345.1 12.22 6 750 2608 12.3 6.5 68 5.7 8.8 175 7 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.9 8.14 7 700 3183 8.5 1.1 60 7.3 4.5 196 8 311.9 313.0 291.8 330.4 5.95 8 650 3791 4.3 -0.6 71 4.8 1.7 212 11 313.8 314.9 292.2 331.6 5.66 9 600 4437 -0.2 -7.7 57 7.5 -3.6 219 14 315.9 316.5 291.0 327.4 3.57 10 550 5127 -5.6 -11.2 65 5.5 -7.8 216 15 317.4 318.0 290.9 327.1 2.96 11 500 5866 -11.6 -19.5 52 7.9 -14.0 217 13 318.9 319.2 290.1 324.4 1.63 12 450 6663 -16.8 -34.0 21 17.2 -20.1 204 9 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.48 13 400 7540 -20.8 -58.3 2 37.6 -24.2 204 11 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.04 14 350 8511 -28.5 -43.3 23 14.7 -30.2 190 13 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.24 15 300 9595 -37.5 -47.8 33 10.3 -38.2 150 14 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.17 16 250 10826 -47.4 -54.1 46 6.8 -47.6 114 7 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12269 -53.6 -65.3 22 11.8 -53.8 187 11 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14130 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 271 13 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16716 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 313 9 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.47 m Freezing level: 602.48 mb = 4405.35 m = 14453.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.70 mb = 3996.19 m = 13110.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.40 mb = 2614.87 m = 8578.87 ft T: 12.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 19.42 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.03 mb = 2529.33 m = 8298.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -7.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.74 C Cross Totals Index: 26.16 C K Index: 39.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1865.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.76 mb = 2388.44 m = 7835.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.76 mb = 2779.13 m = 9117.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.76 mb = 12116.55 m = 39751.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1854.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.76 mb = 15304.79 m = 50211.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.1 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 227.1 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 81.77 Bulk Shear: 22.81 m/s