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: 47.50,-110.21 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -110.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 475 2 900 959 SFC 886 1101 29.8 10.7 31 19.0 17.3 111 8 313.6 315.4 294.8 342.1 9.18 4 850 1465 25.3 9.3 36 16.0 15.1 116 10 312.7 314.3 294.2 339.6 8.70 5 800 1992 20.1 8.2 46 11.9 12.7 119 11 312.6 314.2 294.1 339.2 8.59 6 750 2543 14.8 7.2 61 7.5 10.1 123 12 312.6 314.2 294.1 339.1 8.55 7 700 3122 9.4 4.2 70 5.2 6.3 132 13 312.9 314.3 293.3 335.9 7.39 8 650 3731 4.1 -0.9 70 5.0 1.5 151 18 313.7 314.7 292.0 331.0 5.52 9 600 4376 -1.2 -4.7 77 3.4 -2.9 187 10 314.7 315.6 291.5 329.1 4.51 10 550 5063 -6.5 -11.8 66 5.2 -8.6 250 18 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.5 2.82 11 500 5800 -11.5 -21.5 43 10.0 -14.4 253 26 319.0 319.3 289.9 323.7 1.37 12 450 6599 -17.3 -27.2 42 10.0 -19.6 245 25 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.7 0.91 13 400 7471 -22.1 -26.9 65 4.8 -23.2 245 32 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.0 1.06 14 350 8438 -30.0 -37.4 48 7.4 -31.0 241 35 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.0 0.44 15 300 9515 -39.1 -43.3 65 4.2 -39.5 237 43 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.3 0.28 16 250 10735 -49.8 -53.5 64 3.8 -49.9 234 53 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12165 -55.5 -65.2 29 9.6 -55.8 238 37 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14018 -52.3 -78.7 3 26.5 -52.8 220 27 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.01 19 100 16618 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 184 20 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.44 m Freezing level: 611.44 mb = 4228.63 m = 13873.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.88 mb = 3946.31 m = 12947.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.88 mb = 3471.33 m = 11388.73 ft T: 6.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.23 mb = 3540.75 m = 11616.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 40.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1282.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.08 mb = 3468.86 m = 11380.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.08 mb = 3654.73 m = 11990.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.08 mb = 11669.91 m = 38286.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1274.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.08 mb = 14187.56 m = 46546.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 79.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 23.56 Bulk Shear: 54.45 m/s