MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.51,-116.2 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -116.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 538 2 900 1011 3 850 1505 SFC 847 1532 19.5 13.9 70 5.7 15.7 262 6 306.9 309.1 294.9 342.6 11.85 5 800 2023 13.9 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 264 7 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.1 11.03 6 750 2564 10.1 8.9 92 1.2 9.3 327 9 307.6 309.3 293.4 336.6 9.57 7 700 3136 7.1 5.3 89 1.8 6.1 345 13 310.3 311.8 293.0 335.0 8.02 8 650 3742 3.3 1.5 88 1.9 2.3 348 12 312.7 314.0 292.6 333.2 6.56 9 600 4387 -0.8 -2.3 89 1.5 -1.6 338 11 315.2 316.3 292.3 332.3 5.39 10 550 5078 -4.1 -6.3 85 2.2 -5.1 323 12 319.2 320.1 292.6 333.4 4.36 11 500 5824 -8.2 -10.5 84 2.2 -9.2 329 9 323.0 323.7 292.9 334.4 3.44 12 450 6634 -13.6 -17.1 75 3.5 -14.7 317 7 326.2 326.6 292.7 333.8 2.23 13 400 7519 -19.4 -22.0 80 2.6 -20.1 299 7 329.8 330.1 293.2 335.5 1.64 14 350 8497 -26.6 -29.2 78 2.6 -27.1 227 7 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.5 0.97 15 300 9591 -35.2 -38.3 74 3.0 -35.5 167 12 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.47 16 250 10834 -46.0 -49.3 68 3.4 -46.2 148 26 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.17 17 200 12282 -51.8 -70.2 9 18.4 -52.2 206 22 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14136 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 227 28 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16683 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 219 8 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.74 m Freezing level: 609.46 mb = 4264.50 m = 13990.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4119.80 m = 13516.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.82 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.34 mb = 2241.94 m = 7355.36 ft T: 12.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.25 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.28 mb = 2460.65 m = 8072.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.89 C = 67.80 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 314.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.13 mb = 2385.32 m = 7825.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.13 mb = 2662.36 m = 8734.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.13 mb = 11068.05 m = 36312.05 ft B at Equ Level: 302.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.13 mb = 12574.17 m = 41253.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 356.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -3.2 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 32.63 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s