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: 44.19,-121.55 Latitude: 44.19 Longitude: -121.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 563 2 900 1037 SFC 868 1356 23.1 11.2 47 11.9 15.4 337 7 308.5 310.3 293.8 337.9 9.65 4 850 1532 19.1 10.5 57 8.6 13.6 337 7 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.39 5 800 2049 14.0 9.0 72 5.0 10.9 333 6 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.3 9.04 6 750 2590 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 237 5 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.2 8.34 7 700 3159 5.3 3.4 87 1.9 4.2 226 17 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.8 6.99 8 650 3760 1.0 -4.0 69 5.0 -1.4 221 22 310.1 310.9 289.9 323.7 4.36 9 600 4398 -3.3 -15.2 39 11.8 -7.5 224 19 312.3 312.6 288.3 318.7 1.96 10 550 5078 -8.8 -22.5 32 13.7 -12.6 226 18 313.6 313.9 287.9 317.5 1.14 11 500 5808 -14.6 -25.1 40 10.5 -17.1 225 20 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.6 0.99 12 450 6596 -20.7 -23.6 77 2.9 -21.4 232 22 317.2 317.5 289.2 321.5 1.26 13 400 7453 -27.9 -30.8 77 2.8 -28.4 236 21 318.7 318.8 289.2 321.3 0.74 14 350 8397 -35.5 -41.0 57 5.5 -36.0 233 17 320.8 320.9 289.3 322.0 0.30 15 300 9451 -43.2 -50.4 45 7.2 -43.6 238 19 324.5 324.5 290.3 324.9 0.13 16 250 10657 -49.9 -59.6 31 9.7 -50.2 252 30 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 17 200 12119 -47.6 -69.6 6 22.0 -48.3 254 43 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 18 150 14010 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 228 34 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16627 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 220 17 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.77 m Freezing level: 638.60 mb = 3905.15 m = 12812.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.32 mb = 3607.33 m = 11834.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.14 % Est. max temperature: 22.44 C = 72.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.73 mb = 2838.23 m = 9311.68 ft T: 7.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 20.37 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2827.08 m = 9275.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.12 C = 71.82 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 42.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1378.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.28 mb = 2697.18 m = 8848.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.28 mb = 3096.57 m = 10159.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.28 mb = 10782.29 m = 35374.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1372.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.28 mb = 13372.39 m = 43872.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 27.15 Bulk Shear: 50.76 m/s