MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-118.71 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -118.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 1 950 590 2 900 1057 SFC 876 1288 16.4 7.3 55 9.0 11.0 87 2 300.7 302.0 289.5 322.5 7.36 4 850 1547 20.3 5.4 38 14.9 11.6 119 11 307.5 308.7 291.0 327.7 6.63 5 800 2069 18.6 2.2 33 16.4 9.3 165 7 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.4 5.60 6 750 2618 14.4 -0.9 35 15.2 6.3 175 5 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.3 4.79 7 700 3195 9.2 -3.5 41 12.7 2.9 204 3 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.1 4.23 8 650 3802 3.6 -6.1 49 9.7 -0.9 239 5 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.9 3.73 9 600 4445 -2.4 -10.4 54 8.0 -5.7 259 6 313.3 313.8 289.5 322.6 2.89 10 550 5127 -8.5 -18.4 45 9.9 -11.6 262 9 314.0 314.3 288.6 319.4 1.64 11 500 5857 -14.2 -28.3 29 14.2 -17.3 258 6 315.8 315.9 288.2 318.3 0.74 12 450 6649 -18.3 -44.2 8 25.9 -21.8 250 13 320.2 320.3 289.0 320.9 0.17 13 400 7521 -23.2 -47.4 9 24.2 -25.9 253 16 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.3 0.13 14 350 8482 -31.2 -49.3 15 18.1 -32.7 262 17 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.12 15 300 9554 -40.1 -50.8 31 10.7 -40.7 254 16 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.12 16 250 10772 -49.0 -56.9 39 7.9 -49.3 241 18 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12216 -52.3 -71.5 8 19.1 -52.7 234 28 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14075 -53.0 -79.3 3 26.3 -53.5 225 27 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16635 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 251 8 408.7 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.95 m Freezing level: 620.19 mb = 4185.28 m = 13731.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.05 mb = 3651.76 m = 11980.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.32 mb = 2446.03 m = 8024.95 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.85 mb = 4196.47 m = 13767.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.58 C K Index: 27.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 283.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.46 mb = 3671.51 m = 12045.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 565.46 mb = 4909.64 m = 16107.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.46 mb = 6892.39 m = 22612.56 ft B at Equ Level: 101.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 325.46 mb = 8987.62 m = 29486.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 21.88 m/s