MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 44.16,-120.06 Latitude: 44.16 Longitude: -120.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 546 2 900 1025 SFC 867 1348 26.5 8.1 31 18.4 14.9 300 4 312.1 313.5 293.4 336.3 7.82 4 850 1525 22.5 7.0 37 15.5 13.0 287 4 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.4 7.39 5 800 2047 17.1 6.0 48 11.2 10.4 284 4 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.9 7.32 6 750 2592 11.8 4.7 62 7.1 7.7 274 4 309.4 310.7 292.1 331.4 7.16 7 700 3164 6.7 1.2 68 5.5 3.7 237 7 309.9 311.0 291.3 328.4 5.98 8 650 3767 1.7 -2.5 74 4.2 -0.4 220 17 310.9 311.8 290.6 326.2 4.89 9 600 4406 -3.8 -7.0 78 3.2 -5.2 215 19 311.7 312.4 289.9 323.6 3.76 10 550 5086 -8.9 -19.0 44 10.1 -12.0 219 17 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.7 1.55 11 500 5816 -14.3 -24.5 42 10.2 -16.9 232 18 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.1 1.05 12 450 6605 -20.5 -26.4 59 6.0 -21.8 233 24 317.5 317.7 289.0 320.9 0.98 13 400 7464 -27.5 -32.8 61 5.2 -28.3 234 26 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.3 0.61 14 350 8408 -35.5 -39.6 66 4.1 -35.9 228 29 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.35 15 300 9461 -43.9 -47.2 70 3.3 -44.2 225 25 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.18 16 250 10667 -48.6 -60.9 23 12.3 -48.9 244 33 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.04 17 200 12137 -48.2 -72.0 5 23.8 -48.7 252 41 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14029 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 228 35 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16637 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 217 24 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.93 m Freezing level: 634.74 mb = 3962.34 m = 12999.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.76 mb = 3708.00 m = 12165.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.85 mb = 3620.32 m = 11877.53 ft T: 2.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.09 mb = 3556.13 m = 11666.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.02 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1111.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.80 mb = 3462.53 m = 11359.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.80 mb = 3769.77 m = 12367.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.80 mb = 10412.92 m = 34162.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1110.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.80 mb = 12837.06 m = 42115.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 47.23 Bulk Shear: 23.52 m/s