MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.36,-104.52 Latitude: 47.36 Longitude: -104.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 556 SFC 933 715 22.4 18.7 79 3.7 19.8 323 7 301.5 304.2 295.4 344.8 14.70 3 900 1025 19.1 17.4 90 1.7 17.9 325 10 301.2 303.8 294.9 342.4 14.01 4 850 1519 19.5 12.6 64 6.9 15.0 310 10 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.2 10.84 5 800 2038 15.6 9.1 66 6.4 11.6 286 7 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.5 9.14 6 750 2581 10.8 7.4 79 3.4 8.7 273 9 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.6 8.62 7 700 3152 5.9 4.2 89 1.7 4.9 261 12 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.7 7.41 8 650 3755 2.1 -0.0 86 2.2 1.0 265 15 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.7 5.89 9 600 4397 -1.5 -4.6 79 3.1 -3.0 267 17 314.4 315.3 291.4 328.8 4.53 10 550 5085 -5.5 -8.1 82 2.6 -6.6 266 14 317.6 318.3 291.7 329.9 3.78 11 500 5827 -10.0 -11.7 87 1.7 -10.7 262 11 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.1 3.11 12 450 6632 -15.3 -23.9 48 8.5 -17.6 252 8 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.3 1.24 13 400 7509 -21.4 -37.1 23 15.7 -23.9 271 9 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.40 14 350 8479 -29.0 -40.9 31 11.9 -30.4 254 5 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.31 15 300 9561 -37.4 -46.6 38 9.2 -38.1 183 18 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10793 -47.5 -53.6 50 6.1 -47.7 165 27 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12236 -55.6 -66.1 26 10.5 -55.8 173 22 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14090 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 301 8 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16670 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 357 9 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.25 m Freezing level: 620.47 mb = 4134.28 m = 13563.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.25 mb = 3913.91 m = 12840.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.15 mb = 1188.44 m = 3899.04 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.98 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2258.46 m = 7409.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 40.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.07 mb = 1732.11 m = 5682.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.07 mb = 2646.80 m = 8683.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.07 mb = 11796.34 m = 38701.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1226.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.07 mb = 14346.65 m = 47068.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -4.9 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 109.94 Bulk Shear: 11.24 m/s