MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 46.81,-111.89 Latitude: 46.81 Longitude: -111.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 552 2 900 1028 SFC 858 1446 23.6 4.2 28 19.4 12.2 109 6 310.0 311.2 291.3 328.7 6.04 4 850 1525 21.2 3.5 31 17.8 11.0 111 5 308.4 309.5 290.6 326.2 5.78 5 800 2044 16.3 2.2 39 14.1 8.5 113 11 308.5 309.5 290.5 325.8 5.62 6 750 2588 11.9 -0.1 44 12.0 5.6 119 18 309.5 310.5 290.4 325.3 5.08 7 700 3161 7.9 1.0 62 6.9 4.1 125 22 311.2 312.3 291.6 329.5 5.87 8 650 3768 3.6 -3.8 58 7.5 -0.0 115 18 313.0 313.9 290.9 327.0 4.43 9 600 4412 -1.2 -7.2 64 6.0 -3.9 116 17 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.7 3.73 10 550 5099 -6.1 -8.7 82 2.6 -7.2 118 17 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.6 3.61 11 500 5840 -9.2 -13.9 69 4.7 -11.0 132 12 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.5 2.61 12 450 6647 -14.1 -17.4 76 3.3 -15.2 161 10 325.5 325.9 292.5 332.9 2.16 13 400 7533 -18.9 -21.4 81 2.4 -19.6 227 14 330.4 330.7 293.4 336.5 1.74 14 350 8513 -26.0 -29.5 73 3.5 -26.8 235 15 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.1 0.95 15 300 9609 -35.2 -38.4 72 3.3 -35.5 233 17 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.46 16 250 10848 -47.2 -50.6 67 3.5 -47.3 232 21 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12291 -53.4 -71.3 10 17.9 -53.8 251 26 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14135 -55.3 -78.1 4 22.7 -55.7 250 31 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.01 19 100 16675 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 301 7 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.75 m Freezing level: 612.49 mb = 4251.15 m = 13947.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.47 mb = 3762.14 m = 12342.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.43 C = 75.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.65 mb = 3847.01 m = 12621.27 ft T: 3.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.38 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.82 mb = 4533.84 m = 14874.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.49 C Cross Totals Index: 12.71 C K Index: 27.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 63.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7704.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 644.43 mb = 3837.26 m = 12589.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.9 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 157.9 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.6 neg: -20.1 tot: 22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 8.48 m/s