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: 45.01,-122.65 Latitude: 45.01 Longitude: -122.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 299 26.1 17.7 60 8.4 20.3 302 3 301.1 303.5 294.3 339.8 13.15 2 950 556 22.1 16.2 69 5.9 18.1 303 3 299.6 301.8 293.2 335.5 12.28 3 900 1026 23.0 8.8 40 14.2 14.3 9 6 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.1 7.93 4 850 1523 22.0 -0.7 22 22.7 9.8 13 12 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.5 4.27 5 800 2045 18.0 -1.4 27 19.3 7.8 11 13 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.9 4.33 6 750 2591 13.6 -3.0 32 16.6 5.2 18 12 311.4 312.1 290.0 324.3 4.09 7 700 3167 9.0 -5.1 36 14.1 2.2 43 9 312.5 313.2 290.1 324.4 3.74 8 650 3775 4.0 -10.9 33 14.9 -2.3 77 6 313.4 313.9 289.3 321.7 2.56 9 600 4418 -1.5 -14.0 38 12.4 -6.2 79 5 314.3 314.8 289.2 321.4 2.16 10 550 5104 -6.4 -14.9 51 8.5 -9.5 92 5 316.5 316.9 289.9 323.7 2.19 11 500 5842 -11.1 -17.5 59 6.3 -13.2 123 6 319.5 319.8 290.6 326.0 1.94 12 450 6642 -17.0 -20.4 75 3.4 -18.0 164 6 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.5 1.67 13 400 7514 -23.2 -33.7 38 10.5 -25.0 199 8 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.56 14 350 8479 -29.3 -45.7 19 16.4 -31.0 207 14 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.18 15 300 9561 -38.1 -44.9 49 6.8 -38.6 190 28 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.23 16 250 10788 -48.0 -53.3 54 5.3 -48.2 190 27 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12246 -48.9 -74.1 4 25.2 -49.4 211 29 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14124 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 212 19 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16684 -60.6 -87.6 2 27.0 -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: 5734.51 m Freezing level: 613.98 mb = 4238.02 m = 13904.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.44 mb = 3459.99 m = 11351.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.07 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.77 mb = 1363.35 m = 4472.88 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 17.28 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.51 mb = 3219.93 m = 10563.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.46 C = 99.43 F Cap Strength: 7.18 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.72 C Showalter Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 10.43 C K Index: 18.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 29.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 202.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 473.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.31 mb = 2062.42 m = 6766.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.31 mb = 4373.69 m = 14349.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.31 mb = 8614.41 m = 28262.14 ft B at Equ Level: 202.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.31 mb = 11525.74 m = 37813.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.9 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 72.9 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 22.08 Bulk Shear: 9.16 m/s