MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 47.82,-122.96 Latitude: 47.82 Longitude: -122.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 950 580 23.5 16.1 63 7.4 18.5 51 2 301.0 303.2 293.5 336.8 12.18 2 950 583 22.5 15.9 66 6.6 18.1 86 1 300.0 302.2 293.1 335.3 12.04 3 900 1052 20.5 9.7 50 10.8 13.8 181 4 302.6 304.2 291.0 327.7 8.42 4 850 1543 18.2 0.9 31 17.2 8.9 198 7 305.2 306.1 288.7 319.9 4.82 5 800 2058 14.5 1.8 42 12.7 7.6 205 11 306.7 307.7 289.8 323.4 5.47 6 750 2599 9.5 4.3 70 5.2 6.5 203 13 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.1 6.96 7 700 3166 4.9 -2.1 61 6.9 1.4 199 15 307.9 308.8 289.5 322.4 4.70 8 650 3766 1.3 -15.1 28 16.4 -4.7 191 15 310.4 310.7 287.5 316.3 1.82 9 600 4405 -2.6 -19.8 25 17.2 -8.1 205 14 313.1 313.4 287.9 317.6 1.33 10 550 5089 -7.0 -12.7 64 5.6 -9.2 227 16 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.3 2.62 11 500 5825 -12.2 -15.3 78 3.1 -13.3 230 15 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.9 2.33 12 450 6622 -17.5 -20.6 77 3.1 -18.4 222 14 321.2 321.5 290.8 326.8 1.65 13 400 7493 -24.1 -28.0 70 3.8 -24.9 231 15 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.0 0.96 14 350 8450 -31.6 -42.3 34 10.7 -32.7 235 17 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.26 15 300 9522 -39.2 -56.3 15 17.1 -40.1 240 22 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.06 16 250 10751 -45.9 -62.7 13 16.9 -46.4 223 20 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.03 17 200 12217 -50.3 -72.5 6 22.2 -50.7 181 14 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14090 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 191 9 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16664 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 137 9 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.23 m Freezing level: 633.59 mb = 3975.70 m = 13043.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.41 mb = 3301.33 m = 10830.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.52 mb = 1517.21 m = 4977.66 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.75 mb = 2994.66 m = 9824.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 13.15 C K Index: 24.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 41.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6953.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.24 mb = 2419.03 m = 7936.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 14.97 m/s