MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 44.99,-103.30 Latitude: 44.99 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 594 SFC 917 899 20.3 18.5 90 1.8 19.1 112 14 300.8 303.5 295.3 344.2 14.79 3 900 1062 18.4 18.0 98 0.4 18.2 116 20 300.5 303.2 295.1 343.4 14.61 4 850 1552 16.6 16.5 99 0.1 16.5 148 32 303.6 306.1 295.6 345.2 14.01 5 800 2069 15.4 14.1 92 1.3 14.5 198 19 307.5 309.9 295.7 345.9 12.71 6 750 2614 11.6 8.4 80 3.2 9.6 255 13 309.2 310.9 293.7 337.3 9.24 7 700 3189 9.2 1.4 58 7.8 4.9 275 20 312.7 313.9 292.2 331.7 6.07 8 650 3799 5.0 -3.5 54 8.5 0.7 283 26 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.0 4.54 9 600 4446 0.8 -10.7 42 11.5 -4.1 287 39 317.0 317.6 290.6 326.2 2.81 10 550 5138 -4.6 -16.1 40 11.5 -8.7 280 40 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.2 1.97 11 500 5880 -10.2 -20.4 43 10.2 -13.3 271 35 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.52 12 450 6683 -15.4 -29.1 30 13.7 -18.5 262 26 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.76 13 400 7561 -21.3 -30.8 42 9.5 -23.2 231 12 327.3 327.5 291.7 330.0 0.74 14 350 8530 -29.1 -42.1 27 13.0 -30.6 143 9 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.27 15 300 9615 -37.0 -40.7 69 3.6 -37.4 105 15 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.37 16 250 10846 -47.8 -53.2 54 5.4 -48.0 87 16 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12292 -51.5 -69.2 10 17.7 -51.9 220 15 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14150 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 295 27 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16709 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 313 26 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.62 m Freezing level: 592.76 mb = 4546.42 m = 14915.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.48 mb = 3892.76 m = 12771.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.04 mb = 1119.22 m = 3671.94 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1551.99 m = 5091.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 26.63 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 513.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1522.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.94 mb = 1452.40 m = 4765.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.94 mb = 2670.81 m = 8762.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.94 mb = 2897.49 m = 9506.09 ft B at Equ Level: 25.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.94 mb = 14817.54 m = 48613.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 413.0 neg: -7.3 tot: 405.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.72 Bulk Rich Number: 5.25 Bulk Shear: 289.93 m/s