MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.01,-108.32 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -108.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 1 950 481 SFC 904 925 32.3 10.8 27 21.5 18.1 139 12 314.3 316.0 294.9 342.4 9.02 3 900 968 31.3 10.2 27 21.1 17.5 140 13 313.8 315.4 294.5 340.9 8.71 4 850 1475 26.3 8.8 33 17.5 15.1 143 16 313.7 315.3 294.3 339.9 8.42 5 800 2004 21.1 8.0 43 13.1 12.9 146 17 313.6 315.2 294.3 339.9 8.44 6 750 2557 15.7 6.9 56 8.8 10.3 148 17 313.6 315.2 294.2 339.6 8.36 7 700 3138 10.0 5.6 74 4.4 7.3 151 18 313.6 315.2 294.1 339.0 8.17 8 650 3748 4.7 1.5 80 3.2 2.9 169 18 314.3 315.5 293.0 334.8 6.56 9 600 4394 -0.7 -8.1 57 7.5 -4.0 211 17 315.4 316.0 290.7 326.5 3.45 10 550 5083 -6.0 -20.1 32 14.1 -10.4 257 17 317.0 317.3 289.3 321.8 1.41 11 500 5821 -11.0 -28.3 23 17.2 -15.2 266 23 319.6 319.7 289.4 322.2 0.74 12 450 6620 -16.9 -30.4 30 13.5 -19.7 256 25 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.68 13 400 7494 -22.5 -30.0 51 7.4 -24.0 252 30 325.7 325.8 291.3 328.5 0.79 14 350 8460 -29.5 -32.5 75 3.0 -30.0 252 36 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.5 0.71 15 300 9541 -38.2 -41.4 72 3.1 -38.5 246 40 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.34 16 250 10765 -49.8 -53.3 67 3.5 -50.0 244 46 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 17 200 12193 -55.5 -65.1 29 9.6 -55.6 250 39 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14044 -53.2 -79.4 3 26.3 -53.7 226 27 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16633 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 178 20 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.27 m Freezing level: 606.21 mb = 4314.16 m = 14153.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.92 mb = 4014.50 m = 13170.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.01 mb = 3597.41 m = 11802.38 ft T: 6.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.69 mb = 3689.09 m = 12103.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 41.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1229.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.07 mb = 3634.06 m = 11922.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.07 mb = 3822.24 m = 12539.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.07 mb = 11758.07 m = 38575.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1219.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.07 mb = 14300.91 m = 46918.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 28.15 Bulk Shear: 43.67 m/s