MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.44,-120.41 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -120.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 539 2 900 1020 3 850 1522 SFC 833 1694 25.3 6.7 31 18.5 13.8 287 9 314.4 315.8 293.7 337.6 7.42 5 800 2049 19.6 5.5 40 14.1 11.1 285 10 312.0 313.4 292.8 334.0 7.07 6 750 2598 14.1 4.5 52 9.6 8.5 284 11 311.9 313.2 292.7 333.8 7.04 7 700 3175 8.4 3.4 71 5.0 5.5 282 12 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.5 6.98 8 650 3781 2.5 1.8 95 0.7 2.1 280 13 311.8 313.0 292.4 332.7 6.72 9 600 4423 -2.4 -4.9 83 2.5 -3.6 282 22 313.3 314.1 291.0 327.3 4.43 10 550 5107 -6.9 -15.2 51 8.3 -9.8 285 22 315.9 316.3 289.6 322.9 2.13 11 500 5844 -11.7 -31.4 18 19.7 -16.0 285 16 318.8 318.9 289.0 320.8 0.56 12 450 6642 -16.6 -44.2 7 27.6 -20.5 271 12 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.0 0.17 13 400 7517 -22.3 -49.4 7 27.0 -25.3 241 13 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.11 14 350 8483 -29.2 -55.6 6 26.4 -31.2 221 16 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.06 15 300 9567 -37.7 -50.5 25 12.8 -38.5 193 21 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 16 250 10793 -48.0 -56.8 36 8.7 -48.4 181 17 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12254 -48.7 -76.0 3 27.2 -49.3 207 28 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14121 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.7 212 31 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16672 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 196 12 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.46 m Freezing level: 624.79 mb = 4104.86 m = 13467.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.46 mb = 4013.26 m = 13166.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.81 % Est. max temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 633.90 mb = 3982.33 m = 13065.24 ft T: 0.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 16.80 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.93 mb = 3769.64 m = 12367.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.80 C = 73.03 F Cap Strength: -0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 374.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.85 mb = 3832.65 m = 12574.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.85 mb = 3894.94 m = 12778.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.85 mb = 10010.66 m = 32842.96 ft B at Equ Level: 373.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.85 mb = 12226.38 m = 40112.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 97.78 Bulk Shear: 3.83 m/s