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: 46.93,-99.70 Latitude: 46.93 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 525 SFC 948 548 23.2 20.8 87 2.3 21.5 110 5 300.9 303.9 296.5 349.6 16.58 3 900 996 19.7 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 138 15 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.1 15.39 4 850 1487 16.8 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 162 20 303.7 306.4 295.7 345.7 14.14 5 800 2004 14.7 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 209 16 306.8 309.2 295.8 346.2 13.11 6 750 2552 14.8 13.1 89 1.8 13.7 190 35 312.7 315.1 297.0 351.9 12.73 7 700 3134 11.4 6.4 71 5.0 8.3 195 46 315.1 316.8 294.8 342.2 8.65 8 650 3749 6.8 4.4 84 2.4 5.4 208 48 316.7 318.2 294.8 342.1 8.08 9 600 4403 2.5 1.1 90 1.4 1.7 224 47 319.0 320.3 294.6 341.1 6.91 10 550 5100 -2.6 -7.7 68 5.1 -5.0 229 43 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.7 3.89 11 500 5847 -9.2 -17.9 49 8.7 -12.1 235 44 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.87 12 450 6650 -16.2 -26.9 39 10.7 -18.7 237 43 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.2 0.94 13 400 7527 -20.6 -46.8 8 26.2 -23.9 238 34 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.14 14 350 8498 -28.2 -48.0 13 19.8 -30.2 214 24 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.14 15 300 9584 -37.4 -46.0 40 8.6 -38.1 188 20 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.21 16 250 10816 -46.4 -50.2 65 3.8 -46.6 159 13 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.15 17 200 12262 -56.3 -60.5 59 4.2 -56.5 2 7 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14100 -52.7 -81.1 2 28.4 -53.2 244 24 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16672 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 182 11 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.60 m Freezing level: 575.76 mb = 4740.80 m = 15553.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.13 mb = 4576.40 m = 15014.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.35 mb = 839.15 m = 2753.09 ft T: 20.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 25.71 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1216.96 m = 3992.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.83 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1811.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.13 mb = 1148.81 m = 3769.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.13 mb = 1295.95 m = 4251.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 789.13 mb = 2120.34 m = 6956.42 ft B at Equ Level: 16.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.13 mb = 2562.15 m = 8405.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.9 neg: -9.0 tot: 376.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 10.62 Bulk Shear: 170.52 m/s