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: 47.21,-101.62 Latitude: 47.21 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 520 SFC 939 619 19.6 18.9 96 0.7 19.1 90 11 298.1 300.8 294.6 341.0 14.80 3 900 985 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 96 29 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.3 13.74 4 850 1473 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 147 18 302.8 305.3 294.8 342.3 13.34 5 800 1989 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 236 10 306.7 309.2 295.7 346.0 13.07 6 750 2535 13.5 11.5 88 2.0 12.1 193 16 311.2 313.3 295.8 346.2 11.42 7 700 3116 12.3 2.2 50 10.1 6.5 229 24 316.1 317.3 293.4 336.4 6.41 8 650 3732 7.7 -7.2 34 14.9 0.6 246 25 317.7 318.3 291.3 328.8 3.42 9 600 4384 2.5 -16.2 24 18.7 -4.6 234 32 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.1 1.81 10 550 5080 -2.9 -16.3 35 13.4 -7.8 224 40 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.1 1.94 11 500 5825 -9.5 -17.0 54 7.5 -12.1 219 47 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.01 12 450 6629 -15.9 -27.6 36 11.6 -18.7 224 47 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.3 0.88 13 400 7504 -21.9 -36.0 27 14.0 -24.2 228 41 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.44 14 350 8471 -29.4 -46.8 17 17.4 -31.2 227 37 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.16 15 300 9553 -37.5 -57.6 11 20.1 -38.5 209 33 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.05 16 250 10788 -45.7 -55.1 34 9.5 -46.1 162 43 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.09 17 200 12236 -56.1 -63.2 40 7.1 -56.2 160 38 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14076 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 226 25 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16660 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 177 16 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.11 m Freezing level: 576.92 mb = 4705.39 m = 15437.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.88 mb = 3809.14 m = 12497.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.78 mb = 705.06 m = 2313.16 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 21.05 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1066.91 m = 3500.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.36 C = 70.44 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.34 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 863.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.73 mb = 1131.17 m = 3711.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.73 mb = 4798.18 m = 15741.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.73 mb = 11336.43 m = 37192.56 ft B at Equ Level: 861.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.73 mb = 13674.34 m = 44862.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.0 neg: -26.0 tot: 274.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 3.27 Bulk Shear: 264.43 m/s