MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 45.40,-123.21 Latitude: 45.40 Longitude: -123.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 983 242 31.7 17.1 42 14.5 21.6 341 7 306.3 308.7 295.3 344.2 12.62 2 950 543 27.6 15.9 49 11.7 19.6 345 8 305.2 307.4 294.6 341.3 12.06 3 900 1019 23.7 12.1 48 11.6 16.1 359 9 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.6 9.87 4 850 1516 21.9 0.8 25 21.2 10.3 4 11 309.1 310.0 289.9 323.9 4.75 5 800 2037 18.2 0.4 30 17.8 8.5 10 10 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.0 4.93 6 750 2585 13.8 0.0 39 13.8 6.4 25 8 311.6 312.6 291.0 327.6 5.12 7 700 3161 9.1 -3.9 40 13.0 2.7 54 5 312.5 313.3 290.4 325.5 4.09 8 650 3769 3.8 -6.2 48 10.0 -0.9 71 6 313.2 314.0 290.3 325.1 3.71 9 600 4412 -1.8 -9.6 55 7.8 -5.1 89 9 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.0 3.08 10 550 5098 -6.3 -19.8 33 13.6 -10.5 95 6 316.7 316.9 289.2 321.5 1.44 11 500 5836 -11.3 -18.2 57 6.9 -13.5 146 4 319.2 319.6 290.4 325.4 1.83 12 450 6635 -16.9 -24.7 51 7.8 -18.8 172 8 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.0 1.15 13 400 7509 -22.7 -40.3 19 17.6 -25.2 176 10 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.29 14 350 8473 -29.7 -51.0 11 21.3 -31.5 191 16 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.10 15 300 9551 -38.8 -47.5 39 8.7 -39.4 188 30 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.18 16 250 10778 -47.4 -60.1 22 12.8 -47.8 191 35 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12241 -49.1 -74.3 4 25.2 -49.6 210 23 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14112 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 219 19 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16681 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 199 7 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.98 m Freezing level: 616.08 mb = 4204.97 m = 13795.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.22 mb = 3616.05 m = 11863.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.96 % Est. max temperature: 34.94 C = 94.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.45 mb = 2075.13 m = 6808.08 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 20.34 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.74 mb = 3033.96 m = 9953.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.65 C = 99.76 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 2.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.26 C Cross Totals Index: 12.09 C K Index: 21.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 35.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 984.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.84 mb = 2264.85 m = 7430.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.84 mb = 3720.46 m = 12206.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.84 mb = 11215.77 m = 36796.71 ft B at Equ Level: 958.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.84 mb = 13538.37 m = 44416.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.5 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 72.5 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 140.62 Bulk Shear: 7.00 m/s