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: 44.71,-123.02 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -123.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 88 20.6 16.4 77 4.2 17.8 306 1 293.5 295.6 290.9 327.1 11.78 1 1000 106 19.9 16.5 81 3.4 17.7 289 0 293.1 295.2 290.9 327.0 11.92 2 950 549 21.9 15.0 65 6.9 17.4 19 9 299.4 301.5 292.4 332.7 11.38 3 900 1021 23.6 8.2 37 15.4 14.1 32 16 305.8 307.2 291.4 328.8 7.61 4 850 1519 22.2 4.2 31 17.9 11.7 14 15 309.4 310.5 291.2 328.2 6.10 5 800 2040 18.0 -0.7 28 18.7 8.0 26 12 310.3 311.2 290.1 324.5 4.53 6 750 2587 13.0 1.2 44 11.9 6.5 49 7 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.0 5.56 7 700 3161 7.8 2.2 68 5.6 4.7 75 6 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.1 6.44 8 650 3768 3.0 -1.2 74 4.2 0.8 112 8 312.4 313.4 291.5 329.3 5.41 9 600 4410 -2.0 -3.6 89 1.6 -2.8 135 9 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.3 4.89 10 550 5097 -6.1 -8.5 83 2.4 -7.1 124 7 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.7 3.66 11 500 5837 -10.8 -16.4 64 5.5 -12.8 136 5 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.0 2.13 12 450 6637 -16.6 -22.3 61 5.7 -18.1 199 6 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.3 1.42 13 400 7511 -22.8 -34.6 33 11.9 -24.8 211 11 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.51 14 350 8477 -28.9 -51.0 10 22.1 -30.8 203 16 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.10 15 300 9561 -37.5 -45.8 42 8.3 -38.2 188 30 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.21 16 250 10788 -48.3 -52.5 62 4.2 -48.5 195 26 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12238 -51.1 -70.3 8 19.1 -51.5 199 26 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14102 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 211 19 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16662 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 236 8 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.96 m Freezing level: 620.02 mb = 4152.72 m = 13624.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3911.59 m = 12833.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.63 % Est. max temperature: 36.24 C = 97.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.54 mb = 618.08 m = 2027.80 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 8.19 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.26 mb = 2946.82 m = 9667.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.02 C = 100.43 F Cap Strength: 9.68 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.01 C Cross Totals Index: 15.08 C K Index: 31.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 650.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.36 mb = 1545.27 m = 5069.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 462.36 mb = 6431.34 m = 21099.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 422.36 mb = 7107.55 m = 23318.44 ft B at Equ Level: 48.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 342.36 mb = 8632.48 m = 28321.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 95.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: -16.5 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.36 Bulk Shear: 5.85 m/s