MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 31 1 950 487 SFC 915 820 28.6 13.7 40 15.0 18.5 110 7 309.5 311.6 294.9 342.4 10.79 3 900 969 27.9 11.4 36 16.5 17.1 112 9 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.2 9.45 4 850 1471 23.2 10.1 43 13.1 14.8 117 11 310.4 312.2 294.0 338.5 9.15 5 800 1996 18.7 7.8 49 10.9 12.0 132 12 311.1 312.7 293.5 336.8 8.34 6 750 2545 14.1 5.6 56 8.5 9.0 156 13 311.9 313.3 293.2 335.4 7.61 7 700 3123 9.2 3.4 67 5.8 5.9 171 13 312.6 314.0 292.9 334.4 6.99 8 650 3731 3.9 -3.5 58 7.4 0.3 195 15 313.4 314.3 291.1 327.8 4.55 9 600 4375 -1.2 -8.7 57 7.5 -4.4 229 14 314.8 315.4 290.4 325.4 3.30 10 550 5062 -6.5 -15.9 47 9.4 -9.8 246 19 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.1 2.01 11 500 5800 -11.8 -16.7 67 4.9 -13.5 234 26 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.5 2.06 12 450 6597 -18.0 -21.2 75 3.3 -18.8 227 25 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.0 1.56 13 400 7466 -23.6 -31.9 46 8.3 -25.1 226 19 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.7 0.66 14 350 8432 -29.3 -37.8 44 8.5 -30.4 245 25 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.42 15 300 9511 -39.2 -44.4 57 5.3 -39.6 236 34 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.24 16 250 10729 -50.6 -54.0 67 3.4 -50.7 233 38 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.10 17 200 12159 -54.3 -68.1 17 13.7 -54.6 240 38 346.7 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14018 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.0 207 27 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 19 100 16626 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 180 13 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.92 m Freezing level: 611.50 mb = 4227.09 m = 13868.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.29 mb = 3764.68 m = 12351.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.44 mb = 2709.25 m = 8888.52 ft T: 12.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.03 mb = 3384.40 m = 11103.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 39.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1199.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.61 mb = 3091.32 m = 10142.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.61 mb = 3760.65 m = 12337.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.61 mb = 11618.50 m = 38117.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1179.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.61 mb = 13698.29 m = 44941.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.2 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 238.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 23.14 Bulk Shear: 51.85 m/s