MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.13,-101.00 Latitude: 46.13 Longitude: -101.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 538 SFC 941 618 26.7 19.1 63 7.6 21.3 115 6 305.1 307.8 296.5 349.7 14.95 3 900 1013 22.9 17.2 70 5.7 18.9 139 9 305.1 307.7 295.8 346.5 13.87 4 850 1508 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 168 10 305.4 308.0 295.8 346.2 13.61 5 800 2026 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 207 14 306.5 308.9 295.4 344.8 12.75 6 750 2569 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.4 239 19 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.2 10.53 7 700 3141 6.7 5.5 93 1.1 6.0 264 22 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.9 8.14 8 650 3746 3.1 -0.3 79 3.3 1.3 284 22 312.4 313.5 291.9 330.5 5.79 9 600 4391 -0.3 -4.6 73 4.3 -2.4 300 21 315.7 316.6 291.7 330.2 4.52 10 550 5082 -4.3 -10.8 60 6.6 -7.0 309 22 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.0 3.04 11 500 5827 -9.2 -19.9 41 10.7 -12.6 304 19 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.2 1.57 12 450 6632 -15.6 -28.0 34 12.5 -18.5 294 17 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.84 13 400 7507 -22.5 -38.1 23 15.6 -24.9 287 15 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.36 14 350 8472 -29.7 -47.1 17 17.4 -31.4 282 17 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.16 15 300 9551 -38.5 -50.0 29 11.4 -39.3 268 17 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.13 16 250 10778 -47.4 -59.4 24 12.0 -47.9 288 19 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.05 17 200 12229 -52.5 -65.1 20 12.6 -52.8 285 26 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14095 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 291 22 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16673 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 274 9 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.42 m Freezing level: 604.82 mb = 4329.15 m = 14203.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.27 mb = 3969.20 m = 13022.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.91 mb = 1579.93 m = 5183.44 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 23.08 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1836.31 m = 6024.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 42.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2153.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.65 mb = 1725.61 m = 5661.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.65 mb = 1987.06 m = 6519.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.65 mb = 12111.81 m = 39736.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2135.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.65 mb = 15323.31 m = 50272.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 209.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.07 Bulk Rich Number: 27.22 Bulk Shear: 79.14 m/s