MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.14,-118.36 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -118.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 532 2 900 1004 3 850 1497 SFC 837 1633 17.7 10.0 61 7.6 12.9 40 10 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.0 9.27 5 800 2014 14.3 7.8 65 6.4 10.3 52 20 306.4 307.9 292.2 331.6 8.34 6 750 2557 12.3 4.6 59 7.7 7.8 86 14 309.9 311.3 292.2 331.7 7.08 7 700 3132 8.7 1.9 62 6.8 4.9 146 6 312.1 313.3 292.2 331.7 6.27 8 650 3739 3.1 -0.3 78 3.4 1.3 193 9 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.6 5.79 9 600 4382 -2.1 -4.5 83 2.4 -3.3 210 17 313.7 314.5 291.2 328.1 4.55 10 550 5067 -7.4 -11.0 75 3.6 -8.8 218 26 315.3 315.9 290.3 325.1 3.01 11 500 5801 -12.5 -19.1 58 6.6 -14.5 224 30 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.5 1.68 12 450 6597 -18.2 -29.9 35 11.8 -20.6 228 31 320.4 320.6 289.6 322.9 0.71 13 400 7463 -25.4 -39.1 27 13.6 -27.2 233 26 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.32 14 350 8418 -31.8 -40.8 41 8.9 -32.8 253 24 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.31 15 300 9489 -40.0 -44.2 64 4.2 -40.3 256 33 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 16 250 10711 -47.2 -54.9 41 7.7 -47.6 249 56 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 17 200 12170 -52.0 -68.0 13 16.0 -52.3 245 53 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14040 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 236 37 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16646 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 255 13 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.05 m Freezing level: 620.21 mb = 4122.03 m = 13523.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.68 mb = 3918.05 m = 12854.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.54 C = 74.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.51 mb = 2595.68 m = 8515.92 ft T: 12.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.81 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.72 mb = 3592.84 m = 11787.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 461.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.57 mb = 3065.92 m = 10058.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.57 mb = 4241.53 m = 13915.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.57 mb = 9937.93 m = 32604.36 ft B at Equ Level: 456.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.57 mb = 12151.51 m = 39866.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 181.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 2.58 Bulk Shear: 178.88 m/s