MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.5,-110.16 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -110.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 543 2 900 1016 SFC 894 1072 19.5 13.2 67 6.2 15.4 120 3 302.1 304.1 292.8 334.0 10.75 4 850 1512 19.7 10.8 56 8.9 14.0 120 10 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.8 9.60 5 800 2031 16.6 7.4 54 9.2 11.0 163 11 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.5 8.07 6 750 2577 12.2 5.6 64 6.7 8.3 195 10 309.9 311.3 292.6 333.3 7.61 7 700 3151 7.6 0.6 61 7.0 3.9 235 10 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.7 5.72 8 650 3756 2.6 -5.9 53 8.5 -1.3 240 19 311.9 312.7 289.9 323.9 3.78 9 600 4397 -2.4 -15.9 35 13.6 -7.2 257 23 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.5 1.84 10 550 5080 -7.6 -25.0 23 17.4 -12.2 260 22 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.2 0.91 11 500 5814 -12.5 -34.6 14 22.1 -16.8 263 21 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.41 12 450 6609 -18.0 -36.5 18 18.5 -21.1 263 19 320.7 320.7 289.4 322.0 0.38 13 400 7478 -24.3 -37.7 28 13.4 -26.2 263 19 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.8 0.37 14 350 8436 -31.9 -41.3 39 9.4 -32.9 265 27 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.29 15 300 9504 -41.2 -46.8 55 5.6 -41.6 258 37 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.19 16 250 10713 -50.9 -58.1 42 7.2 -51.1 248 34 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.06 17 200 12170 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.6 237 25 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 18 150 14072 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 240 21 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16661 -57.5 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 202 6 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.67 m Freezing level: 623.62 mb = 4094.12 m = 13431.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.80 mb = 3596.64 m = 11799.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.12 mb = 1870.88 m = 6137.99 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 17.57 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3164.36 m = 10381.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 36.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 920.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.77 mb = 2646.37 m = 8682.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.77 mb = 3771.09 m = 12372.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.77 mb = 11012.81 m = 36130.81 ft B at Equ Level: 903.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.77 mb = 12911.50 m = 42360.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 15.20 Bulk Shear: 60.60 m/s