MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 94 1 950 547 SFC 906 974 29.9 14.5 39 15.3 19.4 123 8 311.7 313.9 296.0 347.2 11.55 3 900 1029 28.1 14.0 42 14.1 18.6 124 8 310.5 312.6 295.5 344.9 11.26 4 850 1532 23.0 13.2 54 9.8 16.5 125 9 310.3 312.4 295.5 344.9 11.33 5 800 2056 17.8 12.0 69 5.7 14.0 127 9 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.0 11.10 6 750 2604 12.6 11.1 91 1.4 11.6 129 9 310.2 312.3 295.4 344.3 11.17 7 700 3179 8.2 2.7 68 5.6 5.1 207 5 311.6 312.9 292.3 332.2 6.64 8 650 3788 4.3 -0.5 71 4.9 1.8 201 11 313.9 314.9 292.2 331.7 5.67 9 600 4434 -0.5 -6.0 66 5.6 -3.0 196 12 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.6 4.06 10 550 5123 -5.5 -12.3 59 6.8 -8.2 193 11 317.5 318.1 290.7 326.4 2.71 11 500 5863 -10.9 -26.7 26 15.8 -14.9 193 9 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.7 0.86 12 450 6664 -15.2 -46.5 5 31.3 -19.6 210 9 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.13 13 400 7544 -20.6 -41.8 13 21.2 -23.7 210 9 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.24 14 350 8516 -28.4 -37.5 41 9.2 -29.7 191 10 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.43 15 300 9601 -37.3 -48.2 31 10.8 -38.2 156 11 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 16 250 10832 -47.3 -55.1 41 7.7 -47.7 137 9 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12276 -54.2 -66.7 20 12.4 -54.5 208 12 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14133 -52.9 -79.2 3 26.3 -53.3 284 15 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.01 19 100 16720 -57.2 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 299 9 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.63 m Freezing level: 604.78 mb = 4372.10 m = 14343.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.50 mb = 4020.81 m = 13191.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.42 mb = 2893.46 m = 9492.85 ft T: 10.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 21.59 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2828.62 m = 9280.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 41.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1598.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.46 mb = 2778.72 m = 9116.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.46 mb = 2950.70 m = 9680.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.46 mb = 11976.71 m = 39293.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1595.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.46 mb = 14597.54 m = 47891.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.6 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 210.6 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 167.09 Bulk Shear: 9.56 m/s