MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 44.16,-111.7 Latitude: 44.16 Longitude: -111.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 577 2 900 1046 3 850 1536 SFC 830 1737 8.7 2.9 67 5.8 5.6 30 5 297.3 298.3 286.8 314.0 5.68 5 800 2052 15.5 3.9 46 11.5 8.9 357 7 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.1 6.35 6 750 2595 11.5 -4.1 33 15.6 3.9 332 12 309.1 309.8 289.0 320.9 3.76 7 700 3166 6.8 -5.3 41 12.2 1.1 284 14 310.1 310.7 289.2 321.6 3.67 8 650 3769 2.7 -17.2 21 20.0 -4.3 288 17 312.1 312.4 287.8 317.1 1.52 9 600 4411 -1.5 -23.8 16 22.3 -8.1 295 19 314.3 314.5 287.9 317.5 0.93 10 550 5097 -5.8 -29.2 14 23.4 -11.6 306 22 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.4 0.62 11 500 5836 -10.7 -30.0 19 19.3 -15.2 311 22 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.2 0.63 12 450 6636 -16.6 -37.7 14 21.1 -20.2 315 20 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.33 13 400 7511 -22.3 -46.6 9 24.4 -25.1 308 20 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.14 14 350 8476 -29.9 -53.8 8 23.9 -31.7 308 24 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 15 300 9555 -37.9 -55.9 14 18.0 -38.9 313 37 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 16 250 10789 -46.2 -58.1 25 11.9 -46.7 315 51 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.06 17 200 12247 -52.3 -68.2 13 15.8 -52.7 307 50 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14079 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 283 35 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16621 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 275 13 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.85 m Freezing level: 618.04 mb = 4179.61 m = 13712.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.09 mb = 3282.12 m = 10767.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.49 % Est. max temperature: 21.57 C = 70.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.73 mb = 2486.28 m = 8157.00 ft T: 12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 6.17 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.34 mb = 4769.55 m = 15647.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.33 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 4.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7953.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.65 mb = 3798.22 m = 12461.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.0 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 337.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 30.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.52 Bulk Shear: 29.78 m/s