MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 44.28,-122.75 Latitude: 44.28 Longitude: -122.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 964 423 20.4 15.8 75 4.6 17.4 219 2 296.6 298.8 291.9 330.6 11.77 2 950 550 20.2 14.6 70 5.6 16.5 231 2 297.7 299.7 291.6 329.7 11.03 3 900 1020 23.8 8.9 39 14.9 14.6 30 11 306.1 307.5 291.7 330.2 7.99 4 850 1517 22.2 -1.6 20 23.9 9.6 34 19 309.4 310.2 289.3 321.9 3.98 5 800 2039 18.2 0.1 30 18.1 8.3 32 15 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.6 4.82 6 750 2586 12.9 5.4 61 7.4 8.5 46 8 310.6 312.0 292.7 333.8 7.54 7 700 3161 7.7 4.0 77 3.7 5.6 108 6 311.1 312.5 292.7 333.7 7.33 8 650 3767 3.1 -0.4 78 3.5 1.3 122 9 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.4 5.74 9 600 4411 -1.6 -3.6 86 2.0 -2.6 141 7 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.7 4.88 10 550 5099 -5.6 -10.6 68 5.0 -7.7 172 2 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.5 3.09 11 500 5839 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -13.0 184 2 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.4 1.90 12 450 6640 -16.5 -24.5 50 7.9 -18.6 224 5 322.4 322.7 290.7 326.5 1.17 13 400 7514 -22.2 -40.5 17 18.2 -24.8 213 10 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.28 14 350 8483 -28.6 -44.5 20 15.9 -30.4 209 17 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.21 15 300 9566 -37.7 -41.9 65 4.2 -38.1 184 28 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.32 16 250 10794 -48.2 -52.0 65 3.8 -48.4 192 24 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12244 -51.5 -71.3 8 19.8 -51.9 198 26 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14106 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 210 21 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16662 -60.6 -87.0 2 26.4 -60.9 241 8 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.49 m Freezing level: 617.11 mb = 4190.69 m = 13748.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3969.81 m = 13024.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.51 mb = 1014.63 m = 3328.80 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 8.30 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.08 mb = 3397.29 m = 11145.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.80 C Showalter Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.89 C Cross Totals Index: 9.02 C K Index: 27.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 40.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6948.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.34 mb = 2425.81 m = 7958.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.8 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 99.8 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -117.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.1 neg: -10.6 tot: 56.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.42 Bulk Shear: 10.58 m/s