MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 45.59,-122.49 Latitude: 45.59 Longitude: -122.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 133 14.9 9.5 70 5.5 11.8 253 4 287.6 288.9 284.7 308.4 7.41 1 1000 176 13.3 9.4 77 3.9 11.1 254 3 286.5 287.7 284.2 307.1 7.41 2 950 605 9.0 8.0 94 1.0 8.5 259 5 286.3 287.6 283.8 306.2 7.10 3 900 1050 5.9 5.2 96 0.6 5.5 301 9 287.6 288.6 283.4 305.0 6.18 4 850 1516 3.0 2.2 95 0.8 2.7 304 9 289.3 290.3 283.2 304.5 5.29 5 800 2011 6.7 -13.1 23 19.8 -0.6 332 9 298.3 298.6 282.9 303.7 1.74 6 750 2538 4.6 -11.0 31 15.5 -1.5 330 9 301.5 301.9 284.7 308.4 2.20 7 700 3096 0.9 -7.0 56 7.9 -2.4 346 10 303.5 304.1 286.6 313.5 3.24 8 650 3687 -3.3 -5.4 86 2.0 -4.2 358 8 305.2 305.9 287.9 317.4 3.95 9 600 4316 -6.9 -9.2 84 2.3 -7.8 335 5 308.1 308.7 288.1 318.1 3.17 10 550 4990 -10.8 -14.1 77 3.2 -11.9 322 6 311.2 311.7 288.3 318.8 2.34 11 500 5716 -15.2 -20.0 66 4.8 -16.6 334 9 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.7 1.56 12 450 6504 -20.5 -27.6 53 7.0 -22.0 336 15 317.4 317.6 288.9 320.5 0.88 13 400 7363 -27.6 -33.3 58 5.7 -28.5 342 23 319.1 319.2 289.1 321.2 0.58 14 350 8306 -35.8 -44.0 43 8.2 -36.4 353 32 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.22 15 300 9360 -43.2 -53.9 30 10.6 -43.7 354 44 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.08 16 250 10568 -48.7 -63.2 17 14.5 -49.1 348 40 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 17 200 12034 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.5 321 16 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 18 150 13921 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 277 15 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 19 100 16560 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 228 9 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.75 m Freezing level: 689.29 mb = 3222.73 m = 10573.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 809.52 mb = 1914.43 m = 6280.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.84 % Est. max temperature: 16.42 C = 61.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.26 mb = 813.20 m = 2667.95 ft T: 7.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.69 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 831.37 m = 2727.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.22 C = 57.60 F Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lifted Index: 9.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.93 C Showalter Index: 10.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.23 C Cross Totals Index: 17.44 C K Index: 12.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.44 mb = 793.82 m = 2604.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.44 mb = 928.00 m = 3044.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.44 mb = 1579.14 m = 5180.85 ft B at Equ Level: 7.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 823.44 mb = 1775.15 m = 5823.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.8 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 356.8 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 7.25 m/s