MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.25,-101.22 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -101.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 552 SFC 938 663 22.1 19.8 87 2.3 20.5 115 9 300.7 303.6 296.0 346.9 15.72 3 900 1026 25.0 14.3 51 10.7 17.8 147 28 307.3 309.5 294.8 341.9 11.46 4 850 1525 22.0 10.8 49 11.3 14.8 171 19 309.2 311.0 293.9 338.5 9.59 5 800 2048 18.0 9.5 58 8.5 12.6 199 16 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.0 9.36 6 750 2597 14.2 2.7 46 11.4 7.7 225 10 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.4 6.23 7 700 3174 9.9 -1.3 46 11.2 4.0 284 7 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.1 4.96 8 650 3785 5.5 -5.9 44 11.4 0.1 294 13 315.2 315.9 291.0 327.4 3.79 9 600 4433 0.2 -7.7 56 7.8 -3.4 296 18 316.3 317.0 291.1 327.9 3.58 10 550 5123 -4.4 -15.9 40 11.6 -8.5 299 25 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.6 2.01 11 500 5866 -9.5 -18.6 48 9.1 -12.5 299 31 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.4 1.76 12 450 6671 -15.7 -25.7 42 10.0 -18.2 293 29 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.2 1.05 13 400 7547 -22.1 -29.5 51 7.4 -23.6 287 26 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.3 0.83 14 350 8514 -29.3 -34.5 61 5.2 -30.1 292 29 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.58 15 300 9594 -38.2 -46.5 41 8.4 -38.8 297 31 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.4 0.19 16 250 10822 -48.2 -54.9 46 6.7 -48.4 296 39 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.09 17 200 12267 -52.4 -67.7 14 15.3 -52.7 294 39 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14123 -53.4 -79.6 3 26.2 -53.8 265 24 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16684 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.3 -60.8 234 9 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.95 m Freezing level: 598.33 mb = 4455.53 m = 14617.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.87 mb = 3799.34 m = 12464.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.42 mb = 953.75 m = 3129.05 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 11.67 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.45 mb = 3050.41 m = 10007.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.28 C = 93.70 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 31.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1174.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 210.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.04 mb = 2317.67 m = 7603.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.04 mb = 3910.14 m = 12828.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.04 mb = 11648.86 m = 38217.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1156.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.04 mb = 14121.46 m = 46329.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.1 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 304.1 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.0 neg: -10.7 tot: 214.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 6.66 Bulk Shear: 176.17 m/s