MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 43.70,-118.86 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -118.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 535 2 900 1019 SFC 857 1448 28.7 1.5 17 27.1 13.0 141 3 315.4 316.4 292.0 331.3 4.99 4 850 1526 27.1 0.7 18 26.4 12.1 145 3 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.5 4.73 5 800 2055 21.7 -0.3 23 22.0 9.6 158 3 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.1 4.68 6 750 2608 16.3 -1.3 30 17.6 6.9 175 3 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.0 4.65 7 700 3188 10.5 -2.5 40 13.0 3.8 198 3 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.6 4.55 8 650 3798 4.7 -3.6 55 8.2 0.5 218 4 314.2 315.1 291.3 328.6 4.52 9 600 4443 -1.5 -6.2 71 4.6 -3.7 236 6 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.02 10 550 5128 -7.4 -13.0 64 5.6 -9.5 264 13 315.3 315.8 289.9 323.6 2.55 11 500 5862 -13.2 -27.1 30 13.8 -16.5 263 19 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.8 0.83 12 450 6658 -16.1 -42.8 8 26.7 -20.1 271 17 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.19 13 400 7532 -23.0 -45.4 11 22.3 -25.7 273 18 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.17 14 350 8495 -30.3 -47.5 17 17.2 -31.9 286 20 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15 15 300 9574 -38.1 -47.5 37 9.4 -38.8 288 27 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.3 0.17 16 250 10802 -47.5 -55.4 40 7.9 -47.8 294 36 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12246 -55.1 -66.4 23 11.3 -55.3 289 45 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14075 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 255 30 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16632 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 203 16 408.9 408.9 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.24 m Freezing level: 612.45 mb = 4282.40 m = 14049.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.52 mb = 3878.88 m = 12725.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 574.94 mb = 4778.96 m = 15678.80 ft T: -4.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.88 C/km ThetaE index: 2.70 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 571.88 mb = 4820.98 m = 15816.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 40.31 C Cross Totals Index: 13.93 C K Index: 28.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 575.67 mb = 4768.90 m = 15645.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.67 mb = 4976.81 m = 16327.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 460.67 mb = 6480.85 m = 21262.36 ft B at Equ Level: 57.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 350.67 mb = 8480.96 m = 27824.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.62 Bulk Shear: 16.43 m/s