MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.43,-111.30 Latitude: 47.43 Longitude: -111.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 496 2 900 976 SFC 888 1091 28.7 8.0 27 20.7 15.7 92 5 312.2 313.7 293.3 335.7 7.57 4 850 1478 23.1 6.2 34 16.9 12.9 96 5 310.3 311.7 292.3 332.0 7.03 5 800 2001 17.9 4.8 42 13.1 10.2 104 5 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.0 6.75 6 750 2548 13.5 0.4 41 13.1 6.4 168 7 311.2 312.2 291.0 327.6 5.25 7 700 3124 9.1 -1.3 48 10.4 3.7 202 9 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.2 4.97 8 650 3733 4.2 -2.7 61 7.0 0.7 219 12 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.0 4.82 9 600 4378 -1.2 -5.3 74 4.1 -3.1 227 15 314.7 315.6 291.3 328.4 4.29 10 550 5064 -6.8 -9.2 83 2.4 -7.8 230 22 316.0 316.7 290.9 327.2 3.47 11 500 5800 -12.5 -14.2 87 1.7 -13.1 217 24 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.2 2.55 12 450 6595 -18.7 -22.0 75 3.3 -19.6 215 30 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.7 1.46 13 400 7462 -24.7 -30.6 58 5.9 -25.8 234 28 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.5 0.75 14 350 8421 -29.9 -33.0 74 3.1 -30.4 240 31 328.5 328.6 292.0 330.9 0.68 15 300 9500 -39.2 -42.4 72 3.2 -39.5 232 35 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.31 16 250 10718 -50.3 -53.8 66 3.6 -50.4 232 41 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12155 -53.1 -69.8 11 16.7 -53.4 236 44 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14019 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.5 205 25 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16622 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 170 15 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.05 m Freezing level: 610.98 mb = 4235.90 m = 13897.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.65 mb = 3849.31 m = 12628.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 655.51 mb = 3663.31 m = 12018.58 ft T: 4.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 8.10 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.64 mb = 4014.71 m = 13171.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.61 C Cross Totals Index: 18.76 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.69 mb = 3623.54 m = 11888.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.69 mb = 4595.07 m = 15075.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.69 mb = 10882.53 m = 35703.39 ft B at Equ Level: 332.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.69 mb = 12037.08 m = 39491.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 7.25 Bulk Shear: 47.55 m/s