MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.85,-105.31 Latitude: 47.85 Longitude: -105.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 528 SFC 931 705 25.2 14.3 51 10.9 17.9 267 10 304.5 306.5 293.7 337.5 11.06 3 900 999 20.5 12.8 61 7.7 15.5 267 12 302.6 304.5 292.6 333.3 10.35 4 850 1489 15.6 11.7 77 3.9 13.1 267 14 302.5 304.4 292.4 332.7 10.18 5 800 2000 11.4 7.4 76 4.0 9.0 286 19 303.3 304.8 291.0 327.5 8.11 6 750 2536 8.2 1.9 65 6.3 4.8 296 23 305.5 306.6 289.8 323.4 5.88 7 700 3102 4.5 -0.5 70 5.0 2.0 293 25 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.7 5.27 8 650 3702 1.3 -3.3 72 4.5 -0.9 285 25 310.4 311.3 290.2 324.9 4.63 9 600 4342 -2.5 -7.6 68 5.1 -4.7 279 26 313.2 313.9 290.2 324.7 3.59 10 550 5027 -6.8 -11.1 72 4.2 -8.5 267 22 316.0 316.6 290.5 325.7 2.99 11 500 5764 -11.8 -18.9 55 7.2 -14.0 266 23 318.7 319.0 290.1 324.5 1.72 12 450 6564 -16.7 -28.0 37 11.3 -19.3 272 28 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.2 0.85 13 400 7435 -23.6 -34.6 36 11.0 -25.4 277 30 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.51 14 350 8395 -31.4 -46.8 20 15.5 -32.7 283 36 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.16 15 300 9465 -40.7 -48.0 45 7.4 -41.1 286 42 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 16 250 10681 -48.1 -58.2 30 10.1 -48.4 281 46 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12151 -47.9 -75.4 3 27.4 -48.6 264 30 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 14028 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 236 21 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16634 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 206 21 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.23 m Freezing level: 633.02 mb = 3919.73 m = 12859.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.98 mb = 3505.69 m = 11501.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.65 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.78 mb = 2064.54 m = 6773.33 ft T: 11.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2118.24 m = 6949.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 547.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.15 mb = 2008.51 m = 6589.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.15 mb = 2380.77 m = 7810.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.15 mb = 10313.67 m = 33837.08 ft B at Equ Level: 547.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.15 mb = 12344.46 m = 40499.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -8.7 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 37.38 Bulk Shear: 14.66 m/s