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: 47.95,-102.96 Latitude: 47.95 Longitude: -102.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 502 SFC 931 674 20.9 20.2 96 0.7 20.5 68 7 300.1 303.0 296.1 347.6 16.24 3 900 970 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 97 13 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.3 15.14 4 850 1461 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.6 169 17 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.3 14.05 5 800 1976 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.2 214 15 305.6 307.8 294.6 341.2 11.90 6 750 2519 11.7 10.5 92 1.2 10.9 185 10 309.3 311.3 294.8 341.9 10.70 7 700 3097 9.4 7.9 90 1.5 8.5 169 28 312.9 314.8 295.0 342.7 9.62 8 650 3708 5.3 4.2 93 1.0 4.7 179 30 314.9 316.5 294.3 340.0 8.01 9 600 4358 1.2 -0.4 89 1.6 0.3 194 26 317.5 318.7 293.6 337.2 6.20 10 550 5053 -3.1 -9.2 63 6.1 -5.7 206 30 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.9 3.47 11 500 5798 -9.9 -23.3 33 13.4 -13.7 209 43 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.1 1.17 12 450 6601 -14.9 -41.1 9 26.3 -19.2 214 41 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.23 13 400 7483 -19.9 -44.9 9 24.9 -23.3 217 42 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.17 14 350 8457 -28.2 -45.0 18 16.8 -30.0 204 37 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.5 0.20 15 300 9543 -36.8 -48.5 29 11.7 -37.7 197 37 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.16 16 250 10778 -46.6 -50.3 66 3.6 -46.8 169 29 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.3 0.15 17 200 12220 -56.2 -60.3 60 4.1 -56.3 178 19 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14068 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 230 27 381.9 381.9 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16663 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.8 -58.2 164 11 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.34 m Freezing level: 586.25 mb = 4549.25 m = 14925.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.41 mb = 4392.67 m = 14411.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.81 mb = 753.80 m = 2473.08 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.09 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1204.46 m = 3951.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.92 C = 73.25 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 26.40 C K Index: 41.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1534.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.65 mb = 1186.21 m = 3891.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.65 mb = 1534.80 m = 5035.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.65 mb = 2947.03 m = 9668.62 ft B at Equ Level: 39.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.65 mb = 14854.68 m = 48735.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.6 neg: -8.8 tot: 226.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 13.13 Bulk Shear: 116.85 m/s