MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.07,-109.74 Latitude: 46.07 Longitude: -109.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 505 2 900 974 SFC 853 1431 16.3 15.3 93 1.1 15.6 64 4 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.1 12.88 4 850 1464 15.9 15.1 95 0.8 15.4 72 6 302.8 305.2 294.5 340.8 12.83 5 800 1981 17.1 6.9 51 10.2 10.9 134 14 309.4 310.8 292.6 333.3 7.80 6 750 2529 14.5 3.5 47 11.1 8.2 170 19 312.4 313.6 292.5 332.8 6.56 7 700 3108 10.6 0.8 51 9.7 5.2 184 23 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.5 5.81 8 650 3721 6.4 -1.3 58 7.7 2.3 206 26 316.2 317.2 292.6 333.3 5.35 9 600 4372 1.5 -4.9 62 6.4 -1.6 231 33 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.2 4.43 10 550 5065 -4.9 -8.6 75 3.7 -6.5 232 39 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.1 3.64 11 500 5805 -11.1 -20.7 45 9.6 -13.9 227 47 319.6 319.8 290.2 324.6 1.47 12 450 6604 -16.5 -28.0 36 11.5 -19.1 222 44 322.4 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.85 13 400 7482 -20.6 -27.5 54 6.9 -22.1 222 32 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.8 1.00 14 350 8455 -28.3 -39.6 33 11.3 -29.7 217 30 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.0 0.35 15 300 9538 -38.4 -48.0 36 9.6 -39.1 211 27 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 16 250 10762 -48.8 -52.9 62 4.1 -49.0 177 21 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.11 17 200 12192 -57.3 -63.9 43 6.6 -57.4 198 22 342.0 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 14029 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 238 26 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16622 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 221 15 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.17 m Freezing level: 587.99 mb = 4538.36 m = 14889.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.64 mb = 4096.81 m = 13440.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.06 mb = 1564.26 m = 5132.01 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.60 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.53 mb = 3840.31 m = 12599.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.38 C Showalter Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 26.19 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 326.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 293.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.42 mb = 2901.96 m = 9520.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.42 mb = 5029.85 m = 16501.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.42 mb = 10959.67 m = 35956.48 ft B at Equ Level: 326.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.42 mb = 12779.15 m = 41925.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 329.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 1.97 Bulk Shear: 166.29 m/s