MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 44.48,-122.99 Latitude: 44.48 Longitude: -122.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 999 130 29.6 14.8 41 14.8 19.7 344 9 302.9 304.8 292.9 334.5 10.66 2 950 572 23.5 13.7 54 9.8 17.1 349 10 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.8 10.44 3 900 1041 20.3 10.6 54 9.6 14.3 3 4 302.4 304.1 291.5 329.1 8.98 4 850 1533 18.7 4.3 39 14.4 10.4 233 3 305.7 306.8 290.0 324.3 6.12 5 800 2050 15.2 2.4 42 12.8 8.1 251 9 307.4 308.5 290.2 324.9 5.69 6 750 2592 10.5 3.8 63 6.7 6.7 264 11 308.0 309.2 291.3 328.4 6.69 7 700 3161 5.7 2.8 82 2.9 4.1 262 14 308.7 310.0 291.5 329.3 6.68 8 650 3763 1.0 -1.5 83 2.6 -0.2 260 14 310.2 311.1 290.7 326.6 5.28 9 600 4402 -3.2 -9.9 59 6.8 -6.0 263 14 312.5 313.0 289.4 322.1 2.99 10 550 5084 -7.5 -16.4 49 8.8 -10.5 261 15 315.1 315.5 289.2 321.6 1.94 11 500 5819 -12.0 -24.2 36 12.2 -15.2 282 17 318.4 318.6 289.4 322.1 1.08 12 450 6616 -17.5 -25.0 52 7.4 -19.4 285 20 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.1 1.12 13 400 7486 -24.3 -35.0 37 10.7 -26.0 275 19 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.2 0.49 14 350 8443 -31.9 -39.5 47 7.5 -32.8 259 13 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.36 15 300 9515 -38.2 -59.3 9 21.2 -39.2 237 25 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.04 16 250 10751 -45.1 -65.6 8 20.4 -45.7 222 27 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 17 200 12224 -48.8 -74.0 4 25.2 -49.3 221 20 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14095 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 211 18 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16664 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 169 8 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.61 m Freezing level: 637.51 mb = 3922.68 m = 12869.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.51 mb = 3732.02 m = 12244.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.38 mb = 1992.44 m = 6536.81 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 10.16 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.96 mb = 2714.02 m = 8904.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.88 C = 94.79 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.29 C K Index: 32.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 220.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.31 mb = 1972.00 m = 6469.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.31 mb = 3489.22 m = 11447.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.31 mb = 9235.11 m = 30298.55 ft B at Equ Level: 342.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.31 mb = 11235.42 m = 36861.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 40.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 15.02 Bulk Shear: 22.89 m/s