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: 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 92 1 950 544 2 900 1008 SFC 891 1091 16.1 14.7 92 1.3 15.2 235 20 298.9 301.1 292.7 333.7 11.92 4 850 1493 13.3 11.3 87 2.1 12.0 232 39 300.1 301.9 291.5 329.2 9.91 5 800 2002 11.2 7.7 79 3.6 9.1 221 35 303.1 304.6 291.0 327.7 8.25 6 750 2539 8.8 5.2 79 3.5 6.7 208 28 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.6 7.43 7 700 3107 5.5 2.8 83 2.7 4.0 194 24 308.6 309.8 291.5 329.1 6.69 8 650 3709 1.3 0.2 93 1.0 0.7 190 25 310.4 311.5 291.4 329.0 6.00 9 600 4349 -2.3 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.6 195 29 313.5 314.5 291.6 329.7 5.14 10 550 5037 -5.9 -6.9 93 1.0 -6.4 199 34 317.0 317.8 291.8 330.4 4.14 11 500 5778 -10.1 -11.5 90 1.4 -10.7 203 37 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.2 3.18 12 450 6582 -15.2 -17.1 86 1.8 -15.9 205 38 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.23 13 400 7461 -21.2 -23.6 81 2.4 -21.8 205 36 327.5 327.7 292.4 332.5 1.43 14 350 8431 -28.9 -31.7 76 2.9 -29.3 206 34 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.77 15 300 9513 -38.4 -41.6 72 3.2 -38.7 209 30 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 16 250 10735 -50.0 -53.5 67 3.5 -50.1 206 25 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.11 17 200 12152 -58.0 -62.7 55 4.7 -58.1 209 25 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 14018 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 208 24 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16625 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 170 11 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.82 m Freezing level: 632.26 mb = 3936.21 m = 12913.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.18 mb = 3843.32 m = 12609.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.92 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.91 mb = 1257.66 m = 4126.13 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 5.93 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.33 mb = 2414.09 m = 7920.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.35 C = 72.23 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 32.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6678.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.00 mb = 1887.02 m = 6190.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -85.7 tot: -70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 28.38 m/s