MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.39,-99.92 Latitude: 47.39 Longitude: -99.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 565 SFC 948 582 22.4 18.2 77 4.2 19.5 100 8 300.0 302.6 294.6 341.0 14.00 3 900 1032 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.1 101 9 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.6 12.12 4 850 1519 14.5 12.2 86 2.4 13.0 103 6 301.4 303.3 292.4 332.5 10.54 5 800 2030 11.0 10.2 95 0.8 10.5 69 3 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.1 9.81 6 750 2566 7.7 5.0 83 2.7 6.2 73 7 305.0 306.3 290.9 327.0 7.32 7 700 3133 6.3 -3.6 49 9.9 1.5 64 3 309.5 310.3 289.5 322.6 4.19 8 650 3738 3.6 -11.0 34 14.6 -2.4 350 1 313.0 313.5 289.1 321.3 2.55 9 600 4382 -0.5 -17.5 26 17.0 -6.5 17 3 315.5 315.8 289.0 320.9 1.61 10 550 5070 -4.7 -33.8 8 29.1 -11.3 4 6 318.6 318.6 288.8 320.0 0.40 11 500 5813 -9.2 -31.3 15 22.0 -14.3 342 8 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.56 12 450 6620 -14.4 -34.5 16 20.1 -18.4 319 7 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.8 0.46 13 400 7501 -20.0 -38.9 17 18.9 -23.0 335 9 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.33 14 350 8476 -27.4 -34.3 52 6.9 -28.5 343 16 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.0 0.60 15 300 9566 -36.3 -41.7 57 5.5 -36.8 337 15 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.5 0.33 16 250 10803 -46.7 -54.3 42 7.6 -47.0 330 15 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12244 -56.4 -63.2 42 6.8 -56.5 316 12 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14084 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 273 13 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16658 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 315 12 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.10 m Freezing level: 606.12 mb = 4302.84 m = 14116.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.09 mb = 3356.19 m = 11011.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.25 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.02 mb = 1108.05 m = 3635.31 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 21.02 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1571.77 m = 5156.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.14 mb = 1438.15 m = 4718.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.14 mb = 1789.64 m = 5871.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.14 mb = 3331.69 m = 10930.60 ft B at Equ Level: 45.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.14 mb = 11832.86 m = 38821.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 37.4 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 67.4 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.55 Bulk Shear: 8.09 m/s