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: 45.04,-118.57 Latitude: 45.04 Longitude: -118.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 546 2 900 1023 3 850 1521 SFC 845 1576 22.5 10.4 46 12.1 14.7 357 5 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.2 9.43 5 800 2042 16.6 8.0 57 8.5 11.3 349 6 308.8 310.4 293.0 334.7 8.47 6 750 2587 11.5 6.2 70 5.3 8.3 302 6 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.5 7.98 7 700 3159 6.4 2.5 76 4.0 4.2 245 16 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.8 6.55 8 650 3761 1.1 -0.5 89 1.6 0.3 237 20 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.69 9 600 4400 -3.4 -6.9 77 3.5 -4.9 235 27 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.3 3.81 10 550 5082 -8.2 -13.9 64 5.7 -10.2 236 25 314.4 314.9 289.4 322.2 2.38 11 500 5814 -13.1 -23.6 41 10.6 -15.9 228 24 317.1 317.3 289.0 321.0 1.14 12 450 6607 -19.0 -29.5 39 10.5 -21.1 224 28 319.4 319.5 289.3 322.0 0.74 13 400 7471 -26.0 -34.6 44 8.6 -27.3 220 29 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.51 14 350 8421 -34.0 -39.3 59 5.2 -34.6 211 31 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 15 300 9482 -42.6 -46.6 64 4.0 -42.8 198 32 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.19 16 250 10688 -50.1 -55.9 51 5.7 -50.3 208 30 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 17 200 12140 -49.0 -77.2 2 28.2 -49.6 232 36 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14035 -48.9 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.6 226 34 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16643 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 205 18 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.84 m Freezing level: 637.67 mb = 3918.57 m = 12856.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.00 mb = 3797.95 m = 12460.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.93 C = 71.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.51 mb = 3081.79 m = 10110.75 ft T: 7.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 18.19 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3194.92 m = 10481.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.90 C = 71.41 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1293.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.25 mb = 3143.73 m = 10313.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.25 mb = 3319.81 m = 10891.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.25 mb = 11056.00 m = 36272.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1272.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.25 mb = 13357.69 m = 43823.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -7.2 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 17.30 Bulk Shear: 74.76 m/s