MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.86,-101.46 Latitude: 45.86 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 524 SFC 936 659 28.8 18.9 55 9.9 21.7 67 5 307.8 310.5 297.2 352.6 14.84 3 900 1004 25.2 17.2 61 8.0 19.6 82 5 307.5 310.1 296.5 349.3 13.87 4 850 1503 20.6 16.1 76 4.5 17.5 115 4 307.7 310.3 296.4 349.0 13.67 5 800 2024 16.1 13.9 87 2.1 14.6 209 8 308.3 310.6 295.8 346.5 12.61 6 750 2570 11.6 9.3 85 2.4 10.2 248 15 309.2 311.1 294.1 339.2 9.84 7 700 3143 8.0 -2.1 49 10.2 2.8 288 23 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.0 4.67 8 650 3751 5.1 -12.3 27 17.4 -2.0 296 31 314.7 315.2 289.5 322.3 2.29 9 600 4397 -0.1 -13.1 37 13.0 -5.3 295 32 316.0 316.4 289.9 323.6 2.31 10 550 5087 -4.8 -21.3 26 16.5 -9.9 293 32 318.4 318.6 289.6 322.7 1.27 11 500 5829 -9.6 -30.5 16 20.9 -14.5 289 30 321.3 321.5 289.8 323.5 0.60 12 450 6633 -15.8 -34.9 18 19.1 -19.4 292 29 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.0 0.44 13 400 7507 -22.5 -37.6 24 15.1 -24.8 296 30 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.38 14 350 8473 -30.0 -43.6 26 13.6 -31.4 295 35 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 15 300 9551 -39.0 -48.5 36 9.5 -39.7 299 38 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.16 16 250 10774 -47.9 -58.0 30 10.1 -48.3 301 41 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12233 -50.3 -69.9 8 19.6 -50.7 285 27 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 14107 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 263 21 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16675 -59.5 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.8 236 5 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.69 m Freezing level: 601.17 mb = 4382.18 m = 14377.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.88 mb = 3491.69 m = 11455.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.25 mb = 1914.47 m = 6281.00 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 30.32 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2119.38 m = 6953.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.70 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2540.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.33 mb = 2020.38 m = 6628.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.33 mb = 2288.73 m = 7508.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.33 mb = 12060.95 m = 39569.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2523.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.33 mb = 15771.53 m = 51743.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.2 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 318.2 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.25 Bulk Rich Number: 26.13 Bulk Shear: 97.21 m/s