MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.31,-108.99 Latitude: 47.31 Longitude: -108.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 496 2 900 969 SFC 885 1116 20.3 15.7 75 4.6 17.2 39 9 303.9 306.3 294.8 341.9 12.77 4 850 1464 20.0 12.1 60 7.9 14.8 78 23 307.1 309.0 294.0 338.7 10.46 5 800 1985 16.8 9.9 64 6.8 12.4 101 26 309.0 310.8 293.9 338.4 9.64 6 750 2531 12.3 8.6 78 3.7 10.0 123 28 310.0 311.7 294.0 338.7 9.39 7 700 3105 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.0 142 29 310.8 312.4 293.8 337.9 8.83 8 650 3712 3.2 3.0 98 0.2 3.1 161 31 312.6 313.9 293.1 335.3 7.31 9 600 4356 -1.6 -2.1 96 0.5 -1.9 176 32 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.6 5.49 10 550 5044 -5.6 -7.2 88 1.6 -6.4 206 36 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.5 4.04 11 500 5786 -10.1 -15.5 64 5.4 -12.0 214 47 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.4 2.29 12 450 6588 -15.6 -25.1 44 9.5 -18.0 213 44 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.5 1.11 13 400 7468 -20.3 -25.5 63 5.2 -21.6 231 36 328.6 328.8 292.5 332.8 1.20 14 350 8440 -28.4 -33.1 64 4.8 -29.2 243 39 330.5 330.7 292.5 333.0 0.67 15 300 9524 -38.1 -42.5 63 4.4 -38.5 246 36 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.30 16 250 10749 -49.6 -53.6 63 4.0 -49.7 259 26 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.10 17 200 12174 -55.4 -65.8 26 10.4 -55.6 247 36 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14035 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 221 32 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16638 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 193 20 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.31 m Freezing level: 616.60 mb = 4142.34 m = 13590.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.85 mb = 4107.25 m = 13475.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.71 mb = 1702.70 m = 5586.22 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2844.61 m = 9332.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 41.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 900.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.58 mb = 2490.61 m = 8171.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.58 mb = 3239.94 m = 10629.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.58 mb = 11606.32 m = 38078.01 ft B at Equ Level: 889.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.58 mb = 13675.09 m = 44865.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 211.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 512.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 512.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 170.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.45 Bulk Rich Number: 3.60 Bulk Shear: 250.34 m/s