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: 46.28,-114.69 Latitude: 46.28 Longitude: -114.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 553 2 900 1023 3 850 1515 SFC 822 1799 16.1 11.6 75 4.5 13.2 94 7 305.9 307.9 293.7 337.5 10.49 5 800 2030 13.2 10.2 82 3.0 11.3 100 10 305.2 307.0 292.9 334.6 9.81 6 750 2569 9.7 7.3 85 2.4 8.2 114 22 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.1 8.58 7 700 3140 6.2 4.7 90 1.5 5.4 107 26 309.3 310.8 292.5 332.9 7.69 8 650 3743 1.9 0.9 93 1.0 1.3 108 31 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.6 6.28 9 600 4385 -1.5 -2.1 96 0.6 -1.8 123 33 314.4 315.5 292.2 331.7 5.48 10 550 5075 -4.7 -5.8 92 1.1 -5.2 141 25 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.1 4.52 11 500 5821 -8.2 -9.5 90 1.3 -8.8 99 9 323.0 323.8 293.2 335.4 3.73 12 450 6632 -13.0 -15.3 83 2.3 -13.9 87 10 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.7 2.58 13 400 7519 -19.0 -21.5 81 2.5 -19.7 71 8 330.3 330.7 293.4 336.4 1.72 14 350 8500 -25.9 -28.6 78 2.6 -26.5 75 6 333.8 334.0 293.7 337.6 1.04 15 300 9597 -34.4 -37.4 74 3.0 -34.8 166 13 336.8 337.0 294.0 338.8 0.51 16 250 10842 -45.9 -49.2 69 3.3 -46.0 189 22 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12285 -54.1 -67.3 18 13.2 -54.4 223 26 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14133 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 240 21 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16679 -60.7 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 268 4 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.01 m Freezing level: 621.95 mb = 4103.54 m = 13462.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.66 mb = 4011.11 m = 13159.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.06 % Est. max temperature: 20.25 C = 68.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.38 mb = 2366.82 m = 7765.08 ft T: 10.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 6.87 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2909.89 m = 9546.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.48 C = 65.26 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.73 mb = 2683.38 m = 8803.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.73 mb = 3439.12 m = 11283.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.73 mb = 5006.92 m = 16426.70 ft B at Equ Level: 40.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 464.73 mb = 6383.76 m = 20943.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.5 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 142.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 121.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.29 Bulk Shear: 9.44 m/s