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: 44.14,-123.45 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -123.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 987 238 26.8 16.4 53 10.4 19.7 284 5 301.0 303.2 293.3 336.1 11.95 2 950 575 21.4 14.8 66 6.5 17.1 281 4 298.9 300.9 292.2 331.7 11.24 3 900 1043 21.0 8.6 45 12.4 13.4 123 9 303.1 304.6 290.7 326.5 7.81 4 850 1535 18.4 6.1 44 12.3 11.2 144 7 305.4 306.7 290.7 326.4 6.95 5 800 2051 15.2 3.2 44 12.0 8.5 258 4 307.4 308.5 290.5 325.9 6.04 6 750 2593 10.7 3.1 59 7.6 6.4 267 8 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.7 6.38 7 700 3164 6.1 1.1 70 5.0 3.4 262 12 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.5 5.93 8 650 3766 1.2 -3.1 73 4.3 -0.9 258 13 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.0 4.69 9 600 4404 -3.2 -11.5 53 8.3 -6.5 263 11 312.4 312.9 289.0 321.0 2.64 10 550 5087 -7.8 -16.6 49 8.7 -10.8 267 11 314.8 315.1 289.0 321.0 1.90 11 500 5821 -12.7 -23.3 41 10.6 -15.5 284 12 317.6 317.8 289.2 321.6 1.17 12 450 6616 -18.4 -28.0 42 9.7 -20.4 294 14 320.2 320.3 289.7 323.1 0.85 13 400 7482 -25.1 -35.9 36 10.7 -26.8 300 12 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.45 14 350 8437 -32.6 -39.6 50 7.0 -33.4 300 10 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.35 15 300 9506 -38.8 -57.7 12 18.9 -39.8 262 25 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 16 250 10741 -44.7 -67.8 6 23.2 -45.3 235 25 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.02 17 200 12217 -48.4 -73.8 4 25.3 -49.0 213 21 356.0 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14090 -53.3 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 194 16 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16659 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 194 10 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.87 m Freezing level: 636.10 mb = 3943.30 m = 12937.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.04 mb = 3641.25 m = 11946.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.63 mb = 1548.36 m = 5079.85 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 10.26 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.28 mb = 2768.55 m = 9083.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.22 C = 93.59 F Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 32.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 337.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 282.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.57 mb = 1876.53 m = 6156.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.57 mb = 3746.17 m = 12290.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.57 mb = 9243.62 m = 30326.47 ft B at Equ Level: 334.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.57 mb = 11247.58 m = 36901.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: -32.4 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 111.70 Bulk Shear: 3.02 m/s