MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.34,-99.73 Latitude: 47.34 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 520 SFC 944 572 24.5 21.1 81 3.4 22.1 146 15 302.6 305.7 297.2 352.7 16.93 3 900 992 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 20.0 150 28 302.4 305.5 296.8 350.9 16.39 4 850 1485 17.4 17.3 99 0.2 17.3 168 40 304.4 307.1 296.3 348.3 14.74 5 800 2003 15.5 12.7 84 2.8 13.7 193 31 307.7 309.8 295.0 342.8 11.63 6 750 2549 13.5 7.1 65 6.5 9.6 200 35 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.3 8.46 7 700 3128 10.6 0.6 50 10.0 5.1 198 39 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.3 5.73 8 650 3741 6.8 -0.9 58 7.8 2.7 217 33 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.3 5.50 9 600 4394 2.6 -12.0 33 14.6 -3.5 231 31 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.5 2.53 10 550 5089 -3.0 -15.2 38 12.2 -7.6 229 36 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.7 2.13 11 500 5835 -9.6 -18.7 47 9.2 -12.5 231 41 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.3 1.74 12 450 6639 -15.6 -30.4 27 14.9 -18.8 240 38 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.1 0.68 13 400 7516 -21.3 -36.3 25 15.0 -23.8 247 32 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.43 14 350 8488 -27.4 -57.0 4 29.6 -29.7 234 27 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.05 15 300 9577 -36.5 -50.3 23 13.8 -37.5 202 34 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 16 250 10811 -47.2 -53.0 52 5.8 -47.5 185 25 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12251 -54.9 -63.3 35 8.4 -55.1 192 28 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14093 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 228 20 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16673 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 189 16 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.99 m Freezing level: 576.99 mb = 4714.09 m = 15465.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.28 mb = 4018.42 m = 13183.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.85 mb = 1003.21 m = 3291.34 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 20.36 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1210.06 m = 3969.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2276.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.50 mb = 1181.00 m = 3874.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.50 mb = 1329.15 m = 4360.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 765.50 mb = 2376.16 m = 7795.71 ft B at Equ Level: 17.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.50 mb = 15755.88 m = 51691.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 364.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.75 Bulk Rich Number: 18.17 Bulk Shear: 125.28 m/s