MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.95,-103.35 Latitude: 47.95 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 547 SFC 938 658 23.7 18.5 72 5.2 20.1 104 8 302.4 305.0 295.5 345.0 14.43 3 900 1022 22.4 17.8 75 4.6 19.2 124 18 304.6 307.2 296.0 347.4 14.36 4 850 1517 18.7 15.2 80 3.5 16.3 155 9 305.7 308.1 295.3 344.3 12.86 5 800 2034 14.7 11.1 79 3.6 12.4 192 8 306.8 308.8 293.9 338.2 10.41 6 750 2577 11.5 -1.4 40 13.0 4.8 299 2 309.1 310.0 289.8 323.4 4.59 7 700 3150 8.7 -17.3 14 26.0 -1.0 305 5 312.1 312.4 287.7 316.8 1.41 8 650 3758 5.3 -25.7 9 31.0 -4.1 295 13 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.5 0.73 9 600 4404 -0.2 -13.9 35 13.7 -5.5 292 17 315.9 316.3 289.7 323.0 2.17 10 550 5093 -5.4 -16.6 41 11.1 -9.4 282 21 317.6 318.0 290.0 324.0 1.90 11 500 5833 -10.4 -25.8 27 15.4 -14.5 273 22 320.4 320.5 289.9 323.6 0.93 12 450 6635 -16.5 -27.3 39 10.8 -19.0 273 23 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.7 0.91 13 400 7508 -22.8 -28.7 59 5.9 -23.9 279 37 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.6 0.90 14 350 8472 -29.8 -43.4 25 13.6 -31.3 282 36 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.23 15 300 9552 -38.5 -51.7 24 13.3 -39.3 289 38 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 16 250 10776 -49.2 -54.8 52 5.7 -49.4 285 43 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.09 17 200 12222 -51.2 -71.9 7 20.7 -51.5 278 33 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14092 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 254 17 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16674 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 167 4 414.5 414.5 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.57 m Freezing level: 601.97 mb = 4378.95 m = 14366.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.42 mb = 3050.93 m = 10009.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.92 mb = 1326.11 m = 4350.70 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 30.62 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.38 mb = 1934.93 m = 6348.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 18.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1994.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.70 mb = 1692.32 m = 5552.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.70 mb = 2272.13 m = 7454.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.70 mb = 11976.73 m = 39293.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1965.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.70 mb = 15116.91 m = 49595.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.4 neg: -11.0 tot: 78.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 19.98 Bulk Shear: 99.83 m/s