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: 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 47 1 950 503 SFC 917 821 30.6 14.2 37 16.4 19.4 109 8 311.4 313.5 295.7 345.7 11.17 3 900 985 27.4 13.0 41 14.3 17.8 111 9 309.7 311.7 294.8 341.9 10.54 4 850 1486 22.3 11.8 51 10.6 15.4 114 9 309.6 311.5 294.6 340.9 10.27 5 800 2009 17.2 10.7 65 6.6 13.0 118 10 309.5 311.4 294.4 340.5 10.14 6 750 2556 12.7 6.6 66 6.2 9.0 159 8 310.4 312.0 293.2 335.5 8.17 7 700 3130 8.1 1.4 63 6.7 4.4 189 11 311.4 312.6 291.7 330.2 6.04 8 650 3737 3.2 -4.5 57 7.7 -0.5 204 12 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.9 4.21 9 600 4379 -2.0 -8.2 63 6.2 -4.7 224 19 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.8 3.44 10 550 5064 -7.3 -12.2 68 4.9 -9.2 236 23 315.4 316.0 290.1 324.3 2.74 11 500 5799 -12.8 -19.3 58 6.4 -14.8 240 26 317.4 317.7 289.6 323.0 1.66 12 450 6593 -18.0 -26.2 49 8.2 -19.9 236 29 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.1 1.00 13 400 7463 -23.6 -37.8 26 14.2 -25.7 229 24 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.37 14 350 8425 -30.5 -44.3 25 13.8 -32.0 223 24 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.21 15 300 9499 -39.5 -43.0 69 3.5 -39.8 231 29 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.29 16 250 10718 -50.3 -53.5 69 3.2 -50.4 237 37 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 17 200 12153 -53.5 -67.8 16 14.3 -53.8 246 35 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14022 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 211 27 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16630 -56.3 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 185 14 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.26 m Freezing level: 619.50 mb = 4128.27 m = 13544.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.16 mb = 3671.96 m = 12046.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.16 mb = 2870.75 m = 9418.37 ft T: 10.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 22.73 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 2971.53 m = 9749.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.66 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 40.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1776.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.46 mb = 2809.89 m = 9218.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.46 mb = 3219.02 m = 10560.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.46 mb = 11764.58 m = 38597.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1755.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.46 mb = 14354.17 m = 47093.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 30.30 Bulk Shear: 58.61 m/s