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: 44.94,-122.97 Latitude: 44.94 Longitude: -122.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 82 33.5 15.6 34 17.9 21.3 330 5 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.4 11.22 1 1000 94 31.5 15.4 38 16.1 20.6 332 4 304.7 306.7 293.8 337.8 11.08 2 950 550 26.6 14.3 47 12.2 18.4 331 5 304.1 306.1 293.4 336.5 10.86 3 900 1024 23.4 7.5 36 15.8 13.8 1 8 305.6 307.0 291.0 327.6 7.26 4 850 1521 21.9 0.1 23 21.8 10.1 14 11 309.1 310.0 289.8 323.2 4.54 5 800 2042 18.0 1.2 32 16.8 8.8 12 13 310.4 311.4 290.7 326.7 5.24 6 750 2589 13.4 -1.0 37 14.4 5.8 19 10 311.2 312.1 290.6 326.1 4.75 7 700 3165 9.0 -5.6 35 14.6 2.0 50 6 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.9 3.60 8 650 3772 3.7 -10.6 34 14.3 -2.3 65 3 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.7 2.63 9 600 4415 -1.5 -13.5 40 12.0 -6.1 89 3 314.3 314.8 289.3 321.7 2.24 10 550 5101 -6.4 -12.1 64 5.7 -8.6 127 4 316.5 317.1 290.4 325.5 2.75 11 500 5839 -11.2 -15.4 71 4.2 -12.6 173 6 319.4 319.9 290.9 327.1 2.31 12 450 6639 -16.9 -25.7 46 8.8 -19.0 174 7 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.7 1.05 13 400 7512 -23.0 -39.6 20 16.7 -25.4 187 7 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.31 14 350 8477 -29.5 -38.3 42 8.8 -30.6 199 18 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.40 15 300 9556 -38.4 -43.9 56 5.5 -38.9 186 28 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.26 16 250 10783 -47.5 -58.4 28 10.8 -47.9 189 32 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 17 200 12246 -49.1 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.6 208 29 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14115 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.6 219 20 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16677 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 191 6 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.76 m Freezing level: 614.62 mb = 4226.84 m = 13867.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.48 mb = 3444.83 m = 11301.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.79 % Est. max temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.05 mb = 2332.64 m = 7652.93 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 17.13 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.53 mb = 3228.96 m = 10593.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.48 C = 103.07 F Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 11.28 C K Index: 18.62 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 29.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 352.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.94 mb = 2311.97 m = 7585.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.94 mb = 4152.33 m = 13622.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.94 mb = 10266.63 m = 33682.76 ft B at Equ Level: 395.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.94 mb = 12247.81 m = 40182.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 30.8 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 60.8 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 90.03 Bulk Shear: 4.40 m/s