MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 47.86,-121.54 Latitude: 47.86 Longitude: -121.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 576 SFC 925 807 24.6 17.6 65 7.0 19.7 306 5 304.4 307.0 295.6 345.5 13.81 3 900 1049 21.6 15.3 68 6.3 17.4 313 5 303.7 306.0 294.3 340.1 12.24 4 850 1542 18.3 7.9 50 10.5 12.0 316 4 305.4 306.8 291.5 329.1 7.87 5 800 2058 14.7 2.4 43 12.3 7.9 191 4 306.9 307.9 290.0 324.3 5.70 6 750 2599 10.9 -10.2 22 21.1 1.9 200 12 308.4 308.9 287.4 315.9 2.35 7 700 3169 6.9 -21.7 11 28.6 -2.5 217 14 310.1 310.3 286.5 313.4 0.97 8 650 3772 2.7 -18.3 20 21.0 -4.6 261 15 312.0 312.3 287.6 316.6 1.39 9 600 4413 -2.6 -19.4 26 16.8 -8.1 268 18 313.1 313.4 288.0 317.7 1.37 10 550 5096 -6.8 -27.7 17 20.9 -12.1 277 15 316.0 316.1 288.2 318.5 0.71 11 500 5833 -11.6 -30.2 20 18.6 -15.7 291 13 318.9 319.1 289.1 321.1 0.62 12 450 6631 -17.3 -35.2 20 17.9 -20.5 282 11 321.5 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.43 13 400 7502 -23.2 -44.2 13 20.9 -25.8 262 7 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.5 0.19 14 350 8464 -30.7 -40.5 38 9.8 -31.8 185 6 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.32 15 300 9538 -39.7 -46.1 50 6.4 -40.1 129 9 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.20 16 250 10755 -49.9 -57.6 40 7.7 -50.1 166 11 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.06 17 200 12191 -54.4 -69.3 14 14.9 -54.6 201 12 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14041 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 167 14 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16623 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 154 9 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.05 m Freezing level: 624.71 mb = 4096.27 m = 13439.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.44 mb = 2840.34 m = 9318.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.56 mb = 1688.07 m = 5538.21 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 32.16 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2850.58 m = 9352.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 9.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 670.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.47 mb = 2330.27 m = 7645.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.47 mb = 3654.72 m = 11990.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.47 mb = 11032.04 m = 36193.91 ft B at Equ Level: 666.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.47 mb = 12887.33 m = 42280.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 75.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 59.05 Bulk Shear: 11.35 m/s