MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 45.68,-122.49 Latitude: 45.68 Longitude: -122.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 992 168 22.9 19.4 81 3.5 20.5 325 3 296.7 299.3 293.9 338.3 14.42 2 950 549 24.7 18.1 67 6.6 20.1 11 8 302.2 304.8 295.1 343.3 13.91 3 900 1023 24.1 10.5 42 13.6 15.5 357 8 306.4 308.1 292.6 333.3 8.90 4 850 1520 21.8 1.5 26 20.3 10.5 3 14 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.6 5.03 5 800 2042 17.7 2.1 35 15.5 9.0 10 12 310.0 311.1 290.9 327.3 5.59 6 750 2588 13.0 1.8 47 11.1 6.8 20 7 310.7 311.8 291.4 328.8 5.83 7 700 3163 8.0 -0.5 55 8.5 3.5 59 5 311.4 312.4 291.1 327.8 5.27 8 650 3769 2.7 -3.9 62 6.6 -0.5 86 7 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.8 4.40 9 600 4410 -2.3 -7.2 69 4.9 -4.4 95 13 313.5 314.2 290.4 325.4 3.72 10 550 5095 -6.8 -11.1 71 4.3 -8.5 98 12 316.1 316.6 290.5 325.8 2.99 11 500 5832 -11.7 -13.2 88 1.6 -12.3 123 6 318.8 319.3 291.1 327.9 2.76 12 450 6632 -16.7 -19.6 78 2.9 -17.6 152 8 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.3 1.79 13 400 7507 -22.3 -30.0 50 7.7 -23.9 162 14 325.9 326.1 291.4 328.8 0.79 14 350 8472 -30.0 -37.2 49 7.2 -31.0 163 20 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.45 15 300 9550 -38.3 -47.6 37 9.3 -39.0 190 27 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.17 16 250 10780 -47.3 -51.3 64 3.9 -47.5 205 36 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.14 17 200 12238 -49.2 -74.4 4 25.2 -49.8 205 20 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14115 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 200 20 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16682 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 188 6 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.55 m Freezing level: 622.96 mb = 4115.25 m = 13501.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3690.06 m = 12106.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.47 % Est. max temperature: 35.34 C = 95.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.40 mb = 609.93 m = 2001.06 ft T: 24.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.72 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.92 mb = 2644.88 m = 8677.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.90 C = 98.42 F Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: 2.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.51 C Cross Totals Index: 13.21 C K Index: 26.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 51.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1065.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 324.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.39 mb = 1659.16 m = 5443.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.39 mb = 3383.12 m = 11099.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.39 mb = 11008.63 m = 36117.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1062.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.39 mb = 13637.01 m = 44740.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.9 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 86.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.2 neg: -8.4 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 146.00 Bulk Shear: 7.30 m/s