MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-121.70 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -121.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 582 SFC 944 640 23.9 17.7 69 6.1 19.6 320 6 302.0 304.5 294.8 342.3 13.66 3 900 1051 18.9 15.3 80 3.6 16.5 326 5 301.0 303.3 293.6 337.1 12.27 4 850 1539 15.8 9.4 66 6.4 11.9 290 3 302.7 304.3 291.4 328.8 8.75 5 800 2051 12.4 4.2 57 8.3 7.8 237 8 304.4 305.6 289.9 323.9 6.46 6 750 2589 8.7 0.4 56 8.3 4.4 230 13 306.0 307.0 289.4 322.1 5.26 7 700 3155 4.7 -3.5 56 8.1 0.8 230 15 307.7 308.4 289.0 320.8 4.23 8 650 3755 1.3 -9.7 44 11.0 -3.3 233 16 310.5 311.0 288.6 319.5 2.81 9 600 4395 -2.6 -11.5 50 9.0 -6.1 233 16 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.7 2.64 10 550 5079 -6.9 -11.9 67 5.0 -8.9 227 14 315.9 316.4 290.3 325.0 2.78 11 500 5817 -11.2 -18.8 53 7.6 -13.6 221 15 319.4 319.8 290.3 325.3 1.74 12 450 6616 -16.8 -27.0 41 10.2 -19.1 202 17 322.2 322.3 290.4 325.4 0.93 13 400 7490 -22.8 -35.9 29 13.2 -24.9 178 16 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.44 14 350 8452 -30.7 -43.5 28 12.8 -32.1 156 16 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.23 15 300 9527 -38.7 -55.5 15 16.8 -39.6 148 17 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.07 16 250 10754 -46.7 -60.9 18 14.2 -47.1 169 18 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 17 200 12224 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 192 9 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14096 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 203 9 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16671 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 138 5 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.21 m Freezing level: 632.80 mb = 3975.51 m = 13042.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.34 mb = 3268.02 m = 10721.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.50 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.57 mb = 1413.87 m = 4638.63 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 22.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.20 mb = 2049.27 m = 6723.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.26 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 28.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 667.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.81 mb = 1732.19 m = 5682.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.81 mb = 2524.79 m = 8283.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.81 mb = 10341.17 m = 33927.30 ft B at Equ Level: 665.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.81 mb = 12703.05 m = 41676.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 20.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 25.75 Bulk Shear: 25.92 m/s