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: 44.53,-123.07 Latitude: 44.53 Longitude: -123.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 90 30.8 14.3 37 16.5 19.9 312 5 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.3 10.28 1 1000 123 28.3 14.2 42 14.1 19.0 315 5 301.4 303.3 292.2 331.6 10.22 2 950 574 23.3 13.2 53 10.0 16.8 309 4 300.8 302.7 291.9 330.6 10.11 3 900 1042 20.6 8.5 46 12.1 13.3 116 4 302.8 304.2 290.6 326.0 7.77 4 850 1534 18.2 5.0 42 13.2 10.6 9 1 305.2 306.4 290.2 324.7 6.43 5 800 2050 15.1 2.7 43 12.4 8.2 269 6 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.1 5.82 6 750 2592 10.4 3.3 61 7.1 6.5 280 11 307.9 309.1 291.1 327.8 6.49 7 700 3162 6.1 0.7 68 5.4 3.2 276 15 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.0 5.74 8 650 3764 1.1 -1.7 82 2.8 -0.3 263 15 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.4 5.20 9 600 4402 -3.5 -7.5 74 4.0 -5.2 257 14 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.6 3.63 10 550 5084 -8.4 -14.5 61 6.1 -10.5 268 14 314.1 314.6 289.2 321.5 2.26 11 500 5816 -13.2 -18.1 66 4.9 -14.7 277 15 317.0 317.3 289.7 323.1 1.83 12 450 6610 -18.7 -26.0 53 7.3 -20.4 281 13 319.7 319.9 289.8 323.3 1.02 13 400 7476 -25.0 -30.3 61 5.3 -26.0 301 15 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.2 0.77 14 350 8430 -32.8 -38.6 56 5.8 -33.5 302 12 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.9 0.39 15 300 9500 -38.4 -56.8 13 18.5 -39.3 228 20 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.06 16 250 10740 -43.7 -66.4 6 22.6 -44.5 209 27 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 17 200 12219 -48.4 -73.7 4 25.3 -49.0 210 22 356.1 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 14091 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 195 18 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16661 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 191 9 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.09 m Freezing level: 638.21 mb = 3914.35 m = 12842.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.72 mb = 3705.13 m = 12155.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.74 mb = 2158.26 m = 7080.81 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.56 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2842.98 m = 9327.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.65 C = 96.17 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 317.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 272.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.08 mb = 2017.18 m = 6617.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.08 mb = 3787.51 m = 12426.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.08 mb = 9093.92 m = 29835.33 ft B at Equ Level: 312.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.08 mb = 10791.18 m = 35403.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -7.4 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 41.97 Bulk Shear: 7.56 m/s