MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.77,-100.97 Latitude: 46.77 Longitude: -100.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 519 SFC 944 572 21.0 20.3 96 0.7 20.5 96 6 299.0 301.9 295.7 345.8 16.06 3 900 986 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.0 141 13 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.7 14.54 4 850 1476 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.6 220 15 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.3 14.04 5 800 1993 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 274 3 306.3 308.7 295.4 344.5 12.72 6 750 2540 15.6 8.4 62 7.2 11.0 198 33 313.5 315.2 294.8 342.2 9.25 7 700 3124 13.2 2.0 47 11.1 6.8 215 35 317.1 318.3 293.6 337.2 6.34 8 650 3742 8.8 -6.2 34 15.0 1.5 226 32 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.0 3.70 9 600 4397 3.5 -13.7 27 17.1 -3.5 231 32 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.22 10 550 5094 -2.7 -15.6 36 13.0 -7.5 225 34 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.9 2.06 11 500 5840 -9.4 -17.5 52 8.1 -12.1 223 39 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.2 1.94 12 450 6643 -16.0 -24.1 50 8.0 -18.1 227 45 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.3 1.21 13 400 7520 -21.4 -39.0 19 17.6 -24.1 231 37 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.33 14 350 8488 -29.5 -37.9 44 8.4 -30.6 227 34 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.5 0.42 15 300 9569 -37.7 -51.3 23 13.6 -38.7 206 30 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 16 250 10803 -46.0 -56.1 31 10.1 -46.4 159 34 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.08 17 200 12251 -55.6 -65.1 30 9.5 -55.8 170 29 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 14089 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 227 25 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16665 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 176 14 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.79 m Freezing level: 571.70 mb = 4791.67 m = 15720.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.10 mb = 3931.84 m = 12899.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.52 mb = 661.51 m = 2170.30 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.04 mb = 976.49 m = 3203.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.77 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.19 C Showalter Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1349.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.82 mb = 1083.95 m = 3556.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.82 mb = 1132.26 m = 3714.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 874.82 mb = 1229.69 m = 4034.37 ft B at Equ Level: 21.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.82 mb = 2373.96 m = 7788.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 5.3 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.9 neg: -35.6 tot: 179.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 11.46 Bulk Shear: 117.76 m/s