MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.82,-116.84 Latitude: 43.82 Longitude: -116.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 505 SFC 928 715 34.5 4.8 16 29.6 16.4 105 5 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.6 5.81 3 900 991 30.5 3.6 18 27.0 14.6 106 6 313.0 314.0 291.7 330.2 5.49 4 850 1496 25.5 3.0 23 22.5 12.4 108 6 312.9 313.9 291.8 330.4 5.57 5 800 2023 20.3 1.8 29 18.5 9.8 110 7 312.8 313.8 291.7 329.9 5.44 6 750 2574 15.2 -0.8 33 16.0 6.6 133 7 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.3 4.82 7 700 3152 10.1 -0.6 47 10.7 4.4 182 7 313.7 314.7 291.7 330.2 5.25 8 650 3762 4.8 -2.3 60 7.1 1.2 212 13 314.4 315.3 291.7 330.2 4.99 9 600 4408 -0.9 -6.7 64 5.9 -3.5 224 20 315.1 315.9 291.0 327.5 3.86 10 550 5096 -6.3 -9.3 80 2.9 -7.5 225 30 316.6 317.3 291.1 327.8 3.45 11 500 5834 -11.8 -22.1 42 10.3 -14.7 229 34 318.7 318.9 289.7 323.1 1.30 12 450 6631 -18.0 -31.3 30 13.3 -20.7 232 31 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.8 0.62 13 400 7497 -25.2 -35.0 40 9.8 -26.7 233 34 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.0 0.49 14 350 8452 -32.7 -37.1 65 4.4 -33.3 233 43 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.3 0.45 15 300 9517 -42.1 -45.6 69 3.4 -42.3 239 35 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.22 16 250 10727 -48.5 -54.8 48 6.3 -48.8 256 49 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12192 -50.0 -71.2 7 21.2 -50.5 250 55 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14068 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 232 40 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16650 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 241 14 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.69 m Freezing level: 607.56 mb = 4310.59 m = 14142.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.37 mb = 3920.75 m = 12863.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.10 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 603.11 mb = 4366.52 m = 14325.69 ft T: -0.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.60 mb = 4573.34 m = 15004.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.68 C = 96.22 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.29 C Cross Totals Index: 14.74 C K Index: 29.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 606.78 mb = 4317.49 m = 14164.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 541.78 mb = 5212.60 m = 17101.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.78 mb = 10172.58 m = 33374.20 ft B at Equ Level: 331.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.78 mb = 11815.78 m = 38765.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.15 Bulk Shear: 54.71 m/s