MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.75,-111.52 Latitude: 45.75 Longitude: -111.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 539 2 900 1003 SFC 857 1420 14.0 12.3 90 1.7 12.9 349 5 300.1 302.0 292.0 331.1 10.56 4 850 1488 13.3 12.2 93 1.1 12.6 353 9 300.1 302.0 292.0 331.1 10.56 5 800 1998 12.6 8.3 75 4.3 10.0 3 13 304.6 306.2 291.9 330.5 8.62 6 750 2539 10.9 5.2 68 5.7 7.6 37 8 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.1 7.40 7 700 3111 7.3 2.9 73 4.4 4.8 82 4 310.6 311.8 292.1 331.4 6.73 8 650 3717 3.2 0.6 84 2.5 1.8 226 8 312.5 313.7 292.2 331.8 6.18 9 600 4362 -0.2 -3.5 78 3.3 -1.9 223 28 315.9 316.8 292.2 331.6 4.93 10 550 5052 -5.5 -9.6 73 4.1 -7.2 216 42 317.5 318.2 291.3 328.5 3.36 11 500 5791 -11.5 -15.9 70 4.4 -13.0 210 51 319.0 319.5 290.7 326.4 2.21 12 450 6590 -17.1 -20.8 73 3.6 -18.1 217 43 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.2 1.62 13 400 7464 -22.7 -28.7 58 6.0 -23.9 218 36 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.7 0.90 14 350 8428 -30.2 -42.4 30 12.2 -31.5 217 34 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.26 15 300 9505 -38.8 -54.2 18 15.4 -39.6 218 29 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.08 16 250 10730 -48.7 -53.6 57 4.9 -48.9 171 14 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 17 200 12162 -55.9 -63.5 38 7.6 -56.1 215 34 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14017 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 240 20 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16617 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 207 15 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.87 m Freezing level: 603.12 mb = 4322.05 m = 14179.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.33 mb = 4028.91 m = 13218.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.70 C = 74.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.88 mb = 1628.65 m = 5343.29 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 0.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.04 mb = 3180.97 m = 10436.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 229.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.38 mb = 2390.57 m = 7842.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.38 mb = 5511.54 m = 18082.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.38 mb = 7676.73 m = 25185.83 ft B at Equ Level: 78.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.38 mb = 10253.64 m = 33640.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.3 neg: -34.5 tot: 141.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 166.62 m/s