MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.67,-103.35 Latitude: 46.67 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 64 1 950 506 SFC 916 825 20.7 19.5 93 1.2 19.8 76 3 301.3 304.2 296.1 347.7 15.73 3 900 975 19.0 18.9 100 0.1 18.9 82 5 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.6 15.48 4 850 1466 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 16.9 237 7 303.9 306.6 295.8 346.6 14.35 5 800 1982 15.2 13.0 86 2.2 13.8 309 11 307.4 309.6 295.1 343.2 11.85 6 750 2532 16.5 -1.1 30 17.6 7.0 298 17 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.4 4.70 7 700 3113 11.4 -6.1 29 17.5 2.9 287 22 315.1 315.7 290.6 326.2 3.45 8 650 3727 7.5 -4.5 42 12.1 1.5 240 27 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.1 4.21 9 600 4380 2.4 -15.2 26 17.6 -4.4 223 35 318.9 319.3 290.4 325.4 1.95 10 550 5075 -2.8 -23.4 19 20.6 -9.1 218 42 320.7 320.9 290.1 324.4 1.05 11 500 5821 -9.4 -25.5 26 16.1 -13.7 214 44 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.9 0.96 12 450 6624 -15.5 -32.0 23 16.5 -19.0 218 42 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.58 13 400 7500 -22.2 -29.2 53 7.0 -23.6 223 41 326.2 326.3 291.5 329.2 0.86 14 350 8465 -30.2 -40.7 35 10.5 -31.4 225 42 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.31 15 300 9544 -38.3 -54.7 16 16.4 -39.2 227 37 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.08 16 250 10773 -46.9 -59.4 23 12.5 -47.3 186 29 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.05 17 200 12220 -54.6 -65.5 25 10.8 -54.9 188 28 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14064 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 242 32 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16642 -58.1 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.5 194 13 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.26 m Freezing level: 577.17 mb = 4697.06 m = 15410.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.09 mb = 3890.60 m = 12764.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.50 mb = 979.64 m = 3213.99 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1430.25 m = 4692.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 26.29 C K Index: 25.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1778.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.61 mb = 1369.19 m = 4492.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.61 mb = 4051.96 m = 13293.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.61 mb = 12395.59 m = 40667.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1747.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.61 mb = 15243.38 m = 50010.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.9 neg: -104.2 tot: -53.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: -5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 14.65 Bulk Shear: 121.41 m/s