MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.28,-104.85 Latitude: 47.28 Longitude: -104.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 492 SFC 920 780 26.8 9.4 33 17.5 15.8 93 11 307.3 308.8 292.2 331.7 8.04 3 900 972 28.4 8.0 28 20.3 15.7 104 28 310.7 312.2 292.8 333.9 7.52 4 850 1476 24.4 7.8 35 16.6 14.0 123 29 311.7 313.2 293.3 335.9 7.83 5 800 2002 19.7 8.6 49 11.0 12.7 140 28 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.3 8.81 6 750 2553 14.4 9.0 70 5.4 11.0 154 28 312.2 314.0 294.8 341.9 9.63 7 700 3131 9.4 6.5 82 2.9 7.6 167 23 312.9 314.6 294.3 339.9 8.71 8 650 3742 5.6 -2.5 56 8.1 1.4 192 15 315.3 316.2 291.9 330.8 4.88 9 600 4391 1.3 -13.8 31 15.1 -4.7 221 15 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.9 2.19 10 550 5083 -4.0 -25.4 17 21.4 -10.1 242 16 319.4 319.6 289.5 322.5 0.88 11 500 5827 -9.9 -22.2 36 12.4 -13.5 260 25 321.0 321.3 290.4 325.5 1.29 12 450 6629 -16.3 -27.1 39 10.8 -18.8 260 26 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.0 0.92 13 400 7503 -22.3 -33.9 34 11.7 -24.3 265 27 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.54 14 350 8470 -29.2 -35.4 55 6.2 -30.2 271 33 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.3 0.53 15 300 9552 -37.7 -44.3 50 6.6 -38.3 266 30 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.25 16 250 10781 -48.8 -52.4 66 3.6 -49.0 268 27 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12221 -52.7 -69.2 12 16.6 -53.0 258 34 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14082 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 232 21 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16659 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 193 12 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.59 m Freezing level: 587.72 mb = 4561.17 m = 14964.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.30 mb = 3889.50 m = 12760.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.42 mb = 2995.72 m = 9828.35 ft T: 10.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 19.47 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.24 mb = 4083.01 m = 13395.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.65 C K Index: 39.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.81 mb = 3470.21 m = 11385.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.81 mb = 5419.60 m = 17780.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.81 mb = 10863.56 m = 35641.16 ft B at Equ Level: 287.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.81 mb = 12324.70 m = 40434.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.8 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 220.8 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.7 neg: -7.9 tot: 276.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 129.95 m/s