MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 46.55,-117.27 Latitude: 46.55 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 554 SFC 935 697 26.5 12.6 42 13.9 17.4 186 2 305.5 307.4 293.1 335.2 9.88 3 900 1029 23.0 11.8 49 11.3 15.8 182 1 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.3 9.67 4 850 1523 18.7 10.0 57 8.8 13.2 56 4 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.1 9.08 5 800 2040 14.5 8.2 66 6.3 10.7 61 10 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.5 8.56 6 750 2582 10.1 5.5 73 4.7 7.4 76 14 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.6 7.55 7 700 3151 5.6 3.1 84 2.5 4.2 94 15 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.7 6.85 8 650 3753 1.4 0.7 95 0.8 1.0 110 16 310.6 311.8 291.6 329.8 6.19 9 600 4395 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 93 10 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.5 5.51 10 550 5083 -5.3 -5.6 98 0.3 -5.4 76 8 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.6 4.60 11 500 5827 -9.1 -10.4 90 1.3 -9.6 49 4 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.4 3.46 12 450 6636 -13.4 -18.5 65 5.1 -15.0 195 2 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.2 1.98 13 400 7522 -19.3 -35.9 22 16.5 -22.3 187 8 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.45 14 350 8498 -27.6 -48.9 11 21.3 -29.7 216 12 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 15 300 9587 -36.4 -42.2 55 5.8 -37.0 213 12 334.0 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.31 16 250 10826 -46.0 -49.5 68 3.4 -46.2 175 32 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12272 -52.6 -70.0 10 17.4 -52.9 212 31 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14125 -54.4 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 228 14 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16684 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 215 6 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.86 m Freezing level: 627.24 mb = 4045.28 m = 13271.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.31 mb = 3974.39 m = 13039.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.59 mb = 2442.03 m = 8011.80 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.10 mb = 2815.08 m = 9235.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.12 mb = 2524.69 m = 8283.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.12 mb = 3150.02 m = 10334.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.12 mb = 5670.79 m = 18604.73 ft B at Equ Level: 56.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 410.12 mb = 7334.15 m = 24061.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 116.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -178.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.05 Bulk Shear: 9.53 m/s