MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 45.01,-117.19 Latitude: 45.01 Longitude: -117.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 539 2 900 1007 3 850 1498 SFC 844 1563 15.6 9.3 66 6.3 11.7 14 8 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.3 8.74 5 800 2013 15.2 4.8 50 10.4 9.2 27 19 307.4 308.6 291.2 328.0 6.75 6 750 2558 12.8 1.7 47 11.0 6.6 61 13 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.4 5.79 7 700 3132 8.5 -1.6 49 10.1 3.3 151 5 311.9 312.9 290.9 327.2 4.86 8 650 3740 3.7 -2.5 64 6.2 0.5 204 19 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.5 4.88 9 600 4383 -1.9 -3.2 91 1.2 -2.6 205 25 313.9 314.8 291.7 329.8 5.06 10 550 5069 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 214 30 315.1 315.7 290.7 326.6 3.59 11 500 5802 -13.6 -15.5 86 1.8 -14.2 217 37 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.0 2.30 12 450 6593 -19.6 -28.2 46 8.7 -21.4 218 34 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.5 0.83 13 400 7456 -25.9 -33.2 50 7.3 -27.1 216 26 321.3 321.5 289.8 323.4 0.58 14 350 8411 -31.5 -35.6 67 4.0 -32.1 226 20 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.53 15 300 9483 -40.2 -43.5 71 3.3 -40.5 240 27 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 16 250 10697 -50.1 -53.9 64 3.9 -50.2 242 45 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12149 -47.5 -71.7 5 24.2 -48.1 246 55 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 18 150 14031 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.5 227 30 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16638 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 190 15 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.95 m Freezing level: 617.39 mb = 4159.59 m = 13646.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.19 mb = 3849.54 m = 12629.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.43 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.07 mb = 2367.74 m = 7768.08 ft T: 13.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 1.27 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.74 mb = 3968.95 m = 13021.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 210.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 234.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.00 mb = 3310.01 m = 10859.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.00 mb = 4926.67 m = 16163.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.00 mb = 8410.59 m = 27593.48 ft B at Equ Level: 208.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.00 mb = 10963.03 m = 35967.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.6 neg: -12.4 tot: 237.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 191.74 m/s