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: 44.51,-118.04 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -118.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 547 2 900 1016 SFC 860 1411 17.2 11.1 67 6.1 13.3 3 8 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.0 9.69 4 850 1506 16.5 10.5 68 5.9 12.7 4 12 303.4 305.1 292.2 331.5 9.45 5 800 2020 14.4 6.4 59 8.0 9.6 57 15 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.4 7.55 6 750 2563 11.3 3.8 60 7.6 7.0 80 13 308.9 310.1 291.6 329.4 6.70 7 700 3136 7.6 2.1 68 5.5 4.5 112 8 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.6 6.35 8 650 3740 2.2 -0.9 80 3.1 0.6 166 6 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.7 5.52 9 600 4382 -2.1 -6.2 74 4.1 -4.0 225 13 313.6 314.4 290.7 326.4 4.01 10 550 5067 -6.9 -13.4 60 6.5 -9.4 238 24 315.8 316.3 289.9 324.0 2.47 11 500 5802 -12.3 -20.8 49 8.5 -14.8 236 29 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.9 1.45 12 450 6598 -18.1 -30.3 33 12.2 -20.6 234 30 320.5 320.6 289.6 322.9 0.68 13 400 7464 -25.5 -37.9 30 12.4 -27.2 237 26 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.2 0.36 14 350 8419 -32.0 -40.9 41 8.8 -33.0 248 22 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.7 0.31 15 300 9490 -40.3 -44.6 63 4.3 -40.6 263 24 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 16 250 10709 -47.7 -57.9 30 10.3 -48.0 253 48 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.06 17 200 12165 -52.3 -68.4 13 16.1 -52.6 245 54 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14037 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.7 -50.4 232 36 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 19 100 16645 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 245 12 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.54 m Freezing level: 624.46 mb = 4068.12 m = 13346.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.42 mb = 3821.99 m = 12539.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.67 mb = 2182.68 m = 7160.94 ft T: 13.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 2.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.83 mb = 3446.60 m = 11307.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.86 C = 76.75 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 256.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.61 mb = 2837.14 m = 9308.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.61 mb = 4640.50 m = 15224.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.61 mb = 9702.24 m = 31831.12 ft B at Equ Level: 251.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.61 mb = 11235.38 m = 36861.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.6 neg: -11.4 tot: 179.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 123.26 m/s