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: 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 29 1 950 477 SFC 914 819 25.7 14.6 50 11.1 18.2 55 5 306.6 308.8 294.6 341.3 11.50 3 900 959 28.4 11.3 35 17.1 17.2 89 12 310.8 312.5 294.2 339.6 9.40 4 850 1463 24.8 8.5 36 16.3 14.5 128 12 312.1 313.6 293.7 337.5 8.21 5 800 1990 20.2 6.2 40 14.0 11.6 164 15 312.7 314.1 293.3 335.8 7.43 6 750 2541 15.0 5.3 52 9.7 9.2 168 16 312.8 314.2 293.3 336.0 7.46 7 700 3120 9.3 4.1 70 5.3 6.3 168 16 312.8 314.2 293.3 335.7 7.35 8 650 3728 3.5 2.5 93 1.0 2.9 170 16 312.9 314.2 293.0 334.9 7.07 9 600 4372 -1.5 -4.4 81 2.8 -2.9 196 17 314.4 315.2 291.5 329.0 4.62 10 550 5059 -6.7 -10.3 75 3.6 -8.1 211 16 316.2 316.8 290.7 326.5 3.18 11 500 5796 -11.9 -21.7 44 9.8 -14.7 226 18 318.5 318.7 289.7 323.1 1.35 12 450 6593 -16.8 -27.6 39 10.7 -19.3 232 19 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.2 0.88 13 400 7468 -22.0 -32.6 38 10.5 -24.0 219 17 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.6 0.62 14 350 8435 -29.7 -36.7 51 7.0 -30.6 239 22 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.5 0.47 15 300 9512 -38.9 -42.9 66 4.0 -39.2 246 33 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.29 16 250 10735 -49.6 -53.1 67 3.5 -49.8 228 42 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 12158 -55.7 -65.1 30 9.5 -55.8 244 29 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14019 -50.2 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.9 206 25 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16630 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 168 15 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.28 m Freezing level: 615.30 mb = 4175.18 m = 13697.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.08 mb = 4042.79 m = 13263.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.67 mb = 2242.93 m = 7358.61 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 12.96 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.82 mb = 3481.63 m = 11422.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 39.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1007.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.76 mb = 3312.48 m = 10867.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.76 mb = 3618.40 m = 11871.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.76 mb = 11586.63 m = 38013.41 ft B at Equ Level: 992.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.76 mb = 13651.52 m = 44787.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.1 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 220.1 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 19.56 Bulk Shear: 51.52 m/s