MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.07,-103.67 Latitude: 47.07 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 499 SFC 920 782 21.7 19.2 85 2.6 19.9 296 4 302.0 304.9 296.1 347.5 15.39 3 900 968 19.1 18.3 96 0.7 18.6 304 4 301.2 303.9 295.5 345.0 14.91 4 850 1458 16.1 15.2 95 0.9 15.5 220 11 303.0 305.3 294.6 341.1 12.87 5 800 1973 14.2 12.7 91 1.5 13.2 286 15 306.3 308.4 294.6 341.2 11.62 6 750 2520 15.0 8.5 65 6.5 10.9 265 6 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.7 9.34 7 700 3100 10.4 1.2 52 9.3 5.3 289 8 314.1 315.2 292.4 332.8 5.95 8 650 3712 5.9 -2.5 55 8.4 1.6 244 11 315.7 316.6 292.1 331.3 4.91 9 600 4362 1.1 -9.6 45 10.6 -3.6 221 24 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.4 3.09 10 550 5053 -4.0 -30.5 11 26.5 -10.6 213 33 319.3 319.5 289.2 321.3 0.55 11 500 5797 -9.1 -40.1 6 31.0 -14.9 211 39 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.8 0.23 12 450 6603 -14.3 -45.7 5 31.4 -19.0 218 41 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.14 13 400 7485 -20.4 -42.9 12 22.5 -23.6 222 46 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.22 14 350 8457 -28.6 -43.3 23 14.7 -30.2 217 42 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.24 15 300 9540 -37.1 -53.0 18 15.9 -38.1 214 34 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 16 250 10774 -46.9 -55.0 39 8.1 -47.2 195 31 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.09 17 200 12216 -56.2 -63.7 38 7.6 -56.3 199 39 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14073 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 228 26 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16660 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 168 12 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.15 m Freezing level: 589.44 mb = 4507.73 m = 14788.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.47 mb = 3908.13 m = 12821.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.07 mb = 1102.01 m = 3615.46 ft T: 18.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1442.48 m = 4732.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.60 C = 72.67 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1128.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.93 mb = 1398.59 m = 4588.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.93 mb = 3825.79 m = 12551.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.93 mb = 12185.67 m = 39978.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1110.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.93 mb = 14032.55 m = 46037.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -17.5 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 25.49 Bulk Shear: 44.25 m/s