MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.5,-99.48 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -99.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 951 511 25.6 19.0 67 6.6 21.0 252 5 303.1 305.8 295.9 346.7 14.73 2 950 519 25.1 18.5 67 6.6 20.5 252 5 302.7 305.3 295.5 344.8 14.25 3 900 991 20.6 17.1 80 3.5 18.2 254 7 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.4 13.74 4 850 1484 17.4 13.5 78 3.9 14.8 284 14 304.4 306.5 294.0 338.7 11.52 5 800 1999 14.2 9.0 71 5.2 11.0 295 15 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.6 9.05 6 750 2542 11.2 7.8 80 3.4 9.1 270 20 308.7 310.4 293.3 335.7 8.87 7 700 3114 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.6 268 25 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.9 7.59 8 650 3721 4.1 0.5 78 3.5 2.2 261 28 313.6 314.7 292.4 332.8 6.14 9 600 4368 0.3 -18.3 23 18.7 -6.2 246 31 316.5 316.8 289.2 321.6 1.50 10 550 5059 -3.9 -31.9 9 28.0 -10.7 235 38 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.48 11 500 5804 -8.3 -36.5 8 28.1 -14.2 234 39 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.34 12 450 6614 -13.2 -44.3 5 31.0 -18.1 234 39 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.17 13 400 7497 -20.4 -39.4 17 19.0 -23.4 235 40 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 14 350 8468 -28.4 -52.6 8 24.2 -30.5 227 37 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.08 15 300 9554 -37.0 -52.6 18 15.6 -38.0 211 35 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 16 250 10788 -46.0 -61.2 16 15.1 -46.5 194 38 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.04 17 200 12247 -52.5 -66.8 16 14.2 -52.8 178 34 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14090 -54.3 -81.1 2 26.8 -54.7 215 33 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16671 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.5 209 14 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.79 m Freezing level: 596.01 mb = 4422.84 m = 14510.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.94 mb = 3884.90 m = 12745.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.13 mb = 1341.51 m = 4401.23 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 14.51 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1871.43 m = 6139.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.95 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 985.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.86 mb = 1545.16 m = 5069.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.86 mb = 2554.35 m = 8380.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.86 mb = 11365.68 m = 37288.51 ft B at Equ Level: 982.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.86 mb = 14138.75 m = 46386.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -11.6 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 18.36 Bulk Shear: 53.71 m/s