MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-108.72 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -108.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 526 SFC 915 859 28.9 13.2 38 15.7 18.4 106 11 309.8 311.8 294.7 341.7 10.44 3 900 1004 25.7 12.0 43 13.7 16.7 107 12 308.0 309.8 293.8 337.8 9.84 4 850 1503 20.7 10.8 53 9.9 14.4 111 13 307.8 309.7 293.6 337.1 9.64 5 800 2023 17.0 6.3 49 10.7 10.6 159 16 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.2 7.49 6 750 2569 12.4 5.0 60 7.4 8.1 174 16 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.6 7.31 7 700 3143 8.0 -0.5 55 8.5 3.5 187 15 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.8 5.27 8 650 3749 3.1 -2.3 68 5.4 0.4 202 12 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.1 4.98 9 600 4392 -1.9 -9.2 57 7.3 -5.0 235 12 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.2 3.18 10 550 5076 -7.7 -15.6 53 7.9 -10.4 243 15 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.8 2.07 11 500 5810 -13.1 -22.0 47 9.0 -15.6 244 20 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.5 1.31 12 450 6604 -18.4 -24.3 59 6.0 -19.8 240 20 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.3 1.19 13 400 7473 -23.4 -41.9 17 18.5 -25.8 248 17 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.5 0.24 14 350 8434 -30.9 -48.6 16 17.7 -32.4 271 18 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.13 15 300 9507 -40.4 -49.9 36 9.5 -41.0 264 27 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.13 16 250 10722 -49.7 -55.9 48 6.2 -49.9 259 34 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 17 200 12164 -52.5 -71.0 9 18.5 -52.8 256 36 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14033 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 206 23 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 19 100 16629 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 164 13 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.31 m Freezing level: 618.93 mb = 4148.47 m = 13610.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.52 mb = 3792.22 m = 12441.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.34 mb = 2824.26 m = 9265.85 ft T: 10.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.29 mb = 3186.45 m = 10454.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1109.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.95 mb = 2817.27 m = 9242.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.95 mb = 3587.70 m = 11770.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.95 mb = 11178.68 m = 36675.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1099.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.95 mb = 13495.11 m = 44274.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 91.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 18.47 Bulk Shear: 60.08 m/s