MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-123.05 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -123.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 83 27.7 17.5 54 10.2 20.7 319 2 300.6 302.9 293.7 337.6 12.62 1 1000 109 26.0 17.3 59 8.7 20.1 324 2 299.2 301.5 293.3 335.8 12.55 2 950 558 21.8 14.2 62 7.6 16.8 354 4 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.7 10.74 3 900 1028 23.3 8.2 38 15.2 14.1 21 11 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.5 7.58 4 850 1525 22.1 0.2 23 21.9 10.2 15 14 309.3 310.2 289.8 323.6 4.57 5 800 2047 18.0 0.9 32 17.1 8.6 8 14 310.3 311.3 290.6 326.2 5.10 6 750 2594 13.3 -1.1 37 14.4 5.7 17 12 311.0 311.9 290.5 325.7 4.70 7 700 3169 8.6 -3.2 43 11.7 2.7 45 10 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.6 4.32 8 650 3776 3.2 -5.9 51 9.1 -1.0 78 6 312.6 313.4 290.2 324.7 3.80 9 600 4418 -1.9 -7.4 66 5.5 -4.4 89 6 313.9 314.6 290.5 325.5 3.65 10 550 5103 -6.8 -9.0 85 2.1 -7.7 117 7 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.4 3.53 11 500 5841 -11.3 -15.2 73 3.9 -12.7 138 8 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.0 2.34 12 450 6640 -17.1 -23.5 57 6.4 -18.7 163 5 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.2 1.27 13 400 7512 -23.3 -36.7 28 13.4 -25.4 213 7 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.41 14 350 8476 -29.6 -45.8 19 16.2 -31.3 208 16 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.18 15 300 9557 -38.3 -43.1 60 4.8 -38.7 190 30 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.28 16 250 10784 -47.8 -54.3 47 6.6 -48.0 187 26 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12244 -48.8 -74.0 4 25.3 -49.3 210 28 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14122 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 212 19 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16683 -60.6 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 211 4 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.50 m Freezing level: 618.66 mb = 4177.98 m = 13707.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.44 mb = 3607.97 m = 11837.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.59 % Est. max temperature: 36.20 C = 97.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.26 mb = 1380.56 m = 4529.35 ft T: 22.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 14.06 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.79 mb = 3064.66 m = 10054.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.90 C = 102.01 F Cap Strength: 8.56 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.46 C Cross Totals Index: 11.56 C K Index: 21.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 38.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 557.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.95 mb = 1751.41 m = 5746.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.95 mb = 4378.15 m = 14363.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.95 mb = 8415.52 m = 27609.64 ft B at Equ Level: 152.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.95 mb = 10970.70 m = 35992.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.6 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 75.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -5.3 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 19.77 Bulk Shear: 7.78 m/s