MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 44.53,-123.02 Latitude: 44.53 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 93 SFC 999 105 33.8 15.5 34 18.3 21.3 328 5 307.1 309.1 294.5 340.8 11.17 2 950 550 26.7 14.5 47 12.2 18.6 332 6 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.1 11.01 3 900 1023 23.2 9.5 42 13.7 14.7 356 7 305.4 307.0 291.9 330.5 8.31 4 850 1521 22.2 0.7 24 21.5 10.4 19 12 309.4 310.3 290.0 324.1 4.73 5 800 2043 18.0 0.5 31 17.5 8.5 15 12 310.4 311.3 290.5 325.9 4.97 6 750 2590 13.5 -1.2 36 14.7 5.8 20 9 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.8 4.67 7 700 3165 8.3 0.2 57 8.0 3.9 16 3 311.6 312.7 291.5 329.0 5.56 8 650 3771 3.0 -1.4 73 4.4 0.8 100 3 312.4 313.4 291.5 329.1 5.34 9 600 4414 -1.9 -5.1 78 3.2 -3.4 115 4 314.0 314.8 291.1 327.8 4.36 10 550 5101 -6.3 -8.9 82 2.6 -7.4 161 5 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.0 3.54 11 500 5839 -10.9 -19.2 50 8.3 -13.5 194 6 319.7 320.1 290.4 325.4 1.67 12 450 6639 -16.6 -35.8 17 19.1 -20.1 192 6 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.40 13 400 7513 -22.9 -39.4 21 16.5 -25.3 199 9 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.31 14 350 8477 -29.5 -42.2 28 12.7 -31.0 206 19 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.27 15 300 9556 -38.6 -47.6 38 9.0 -39.3 189 28 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.17 16 250 10783 -47.2 -60.7 20 13.5 -47.7 189 31 335.8 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12247 -48.9 -74.1 4 25.2 -49.4 206 30 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14116 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 219 21 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16678 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 187 7 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.96 m Freezing level: 619.00 mb = 4169.60 m = 13679.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.61 mb = 3888.20 m = 12756.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.18 % Est. max temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.11 mb = 2398.45 m = 7868.83 ft T: 15.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 16.67 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.01 mb = 3069.83 m = 10071.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.29 C = 100.93 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 11.60 C K Index: 25.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 38.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 599.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 280.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.04 mb = 2333.17 m = 7654.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.04 mb = 3670.78 m = 12043.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.04 mb = 10834.54 m = 35545.95 ft B at Equ Level: 588.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.04 mb = 12647.82 m = 41494.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.3 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 58.3 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -6.9 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 132.74 Bulk Shear: 4.52 m/s