MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 48.62,-109.79 Latitude: 48.62 Longitude: -109.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 522 SFC 918 821 27.8 15.2 46 12.6 19.2 99 7 308.4 310.6 295.4 344.6 11.94 3 900 999 24.4 14.0 52 10.5 17.4 101 8 306.7 308.8 294.4 340.5 11.21 4 850 1496 19.6 12.2 62 7.4 14.8 109 8 306.6 308.6 294.0 338.5 10.57 5 800 2015 16.0 7.7 58 8.3 11.0 140 8 308.2 309.8 292.6 333.5 8.29 6 750 2560 12.0 5.1 62 6.9 8.0 176 7 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.3 7.36 7 700 3133 7.7 -0.8 55 8.5 3.3 199 13 311.0 312.0 290.9 327.2 5.17 8 650 3738 2.4 -3.0 67 5.5 -0.3 219 14 311.7 312.6 290.7 326.5 4.70 9 600 4379 -3.2 -6.7 77 3.5 -4.8 218 19 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.6 3.85 10 550 5060 -8.4 -14.7 60 6.3 -10.6 219 22 314.1 314.5 289.2 321.4 2.22 11 500 5794 -12.8 -20.4 53 7.6 -15.0 227 23 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.6 1.51 12 450 6589 -17.8 -24.8 55 6.9 -19.5 233 26 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.8 1.14 13 400 7459 -23.8 -31.7 48 7.9 -25.2 240 27 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.5 0.67 14 350 8418 -31.4 -42.2 34 10.7 -32.6 246 20 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.27 15 300 9488 -40.9 -50.0 37 9.1 -41.4 246 24 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.13 16 250 10702 -49.9 -56.1 48 6.2 -50.1 251 33 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 17 200 12145 -52.0 -70.5 9 18.5 -52.4 250 29 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14021 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 196 21 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.01 19 100 16631 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.5 186 12 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.24 m Freezing level: 628.66 mb = 4011.49 m = 13160.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.82 mb = 3690.40 m = 12107.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.53 mb = 2397.69 m = 7866.34 ft T: 13.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 23.18 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.59 mb = 2834.81 m = 9300.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 36.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1548.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.16 mb = 2446.08 m = 8025.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.16 mb = 3308.26 m = 10853.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.16 mb = 11378.43 m = 37330.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1533.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.16 mb = 14232.09 m = 46692.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 29.08 Bulk Shear: 53.26 m/s