MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 47.5,-108.63 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -108.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 579 SFC 919 871 19.1 11.3 61 7.8 14.2 297 7 299.4 301.1 290.7 326.4 9.20 3 900 1048 21.2 10.9 52 10.3 14.7 330 12 303.3 305.0 291.9 330.5 9.12 4 850 1540 18.0 8.5 54 9.4 12.2 306 11 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.8 8.24 5 800 2056 14.3 6.7 60 7.6 9.8 274 11 306.4 307.9 291.7 329.9 7.73 6 750 2597 10.1 4.5 68 5.7 6.9 259 15 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.0 7.03 7 700 3167 5.6 1.9 77 3.7 3.6 251 20 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.0 6.27 8 650 3767 0.4 -2.0 84 2.4 -0.8 254 26 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.1 5.08 9 600 4404 -3.9 -6.9 80 3.0 -5.3 259 28 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.6 3.79 10 550 5086 -7.6 -18.4 41 10.9 -11.1 263 30 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.5 1.63 11 500 5821 -12.0 -23.4 38 11.4 -15.1 266 26 318.4 318.6 289.5 322.4 1.16 12 450 6618 -17.8 -28.0 41 10.2 -20.1 271 23 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.8 0.85 13 400 7488 -22.8 -42.2 15 19.4 -25.4 269 22 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.23 14 350 8452 -29.8 -54.2 8 24.4 -31.7 257 15 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 15 300 9530 -39.1 -52.9 22 13.8 -39.9 235 9 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.09 16 250 10754 -48.0 -63.6 15 15.7 -48.4 252 8 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 17 200 12204 -51.8 -70.8 9 18.9 -52.2 243 5 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14068 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 251 9 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16633 -61.0 -85.8 2 24.8 -61.2 284 9 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.42 m Freezing level: 645.79 mb = 3820.64 m = 12534.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.11 mb = 3654.24 m = 11988.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.43 mb = 1862.29 m = 6109.80 ft T: 15.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 9.35 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.18 mb = 3059.00 m = 10035.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.24 mb = 2549.93 m = 8365.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.24 mb = 3652.62 m = 11983.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.24 mb = 7319.21 m = 24012.87 ft B at Equ Level: 127.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.24 mb = 10011.48 m = 32845.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.2 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 295.2 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: -14.1 tot: 44.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.10 Bulk Shear: 41.61 m/s