MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 47.01,-117.26 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -117.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 505 SFC 924 758 34.8 9.0 21 25.8 18.1 29 10 315.0 316.5 294.2 339.5 7.81 3 900 992 31.2 8.3 24 23.0 16.7 31 12 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.5 7.64 4 850 1500 26.2 7.8 31 18.4 14.6 33 12 313.6 315.1 293.8 337.9 7.81 5 800 2028 21.0 6.7 40 14.3 12.2 35 12 313.5 315.0 293.7 337.6 7.72 6 750 2581 15.6 5.8 52 9.8 9.6 38 12 313.5 314.9 293.7 337.5 7.72 7 700 3161 10.0 4.4 68 5.6 6.6 53 11 313.5 314.9 293.5 336.9 7.49 8 650 3772 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.6 83 12 314.4 315.6 292.8 334.0 6.24 9 600 4418 -0.4 -3.8 78 3.4 -2.1 107 14 315.6 316.6 292.0 331.0 4.81 10 550 5108 -5.5 -9.0 76 3.5 -7.0 116 18 317.5 318.2 291.4 328.9 3.51 11 500 5849 -9.9 -13.8 73 3.9 -11.4 129 11 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.7 2.63 12 450 6655 -14.8 -20.4 62 5.6 -16.5 158 6 324.6 325.0 291.8 330.4 1.67 13 400 7536 -20.0 -29.2 44 9.2 -22.0 235 11 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.0 0.85 14 350 8511 -27.4 -35.5 46 8.0 -28.7 241 27 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.8 0.53 15 300 9599 -36.8 -42.3 57 5.4 -37.4 243 34 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.6 0.31 16 250 10833 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.8 223 41 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12278 -52.7 -70.6 10 18.0 -53.0 236 51 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14132 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 256 25 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16678 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -62.0 295 10 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.44 m Freezing level: 604.01 mb = 4366.63 m = 14326.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.29 mb = 4123.67 m = 13528.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.68 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 91.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.73 mb = 3950.97 m = 12962.34 ft T: 3.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.72 mb = 3938.42 m = 12921.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.13 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 426.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 644.96 mb = 3834.48 m = 12580.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.96 mb = 4153.97 m = 13628.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.96 mb = 11098.32 m = 36411.36 ft B at Equ Level: 422.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.96 mb = 12958.66 m = 42514.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.4 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 112.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 30.63 Bulk Shear: 13.94 m/s