MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.72,-103.8 Latitude: 47.72 Longitude: -103.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 518 SFC 933 675 21.9 21.5 97 0.5 21.6 208 5 301.0 304.2 297.2 352.5 17.51 3 900 988 20.1 19.2 94 0.9 19.5 194 14 302.2 305.1 296.3 348.6 15.71 4 850 1482 18.3 16.5 90 1.7 17.1 200 24 305.3 307.9 296.0 347.3 14.06 5 800 2000 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.3 206 29 307.6 310.0 295.6 345.2 12.43 6 750 2546 11.8 9.8 88 1.9 10.6 214 31 309.4 311.3 294.4 340.5 10.23 7 700 3120 7.9 4.6 80 3.3 5.9 226 31 311.2 312.7 293.0 334.7 7.60 8 650 3728 4.6 -5.3 49 9.9 -0.1 241 33 314.2 315.0 290.8 326.9 3.97 9 600 4374 0.5 -21.3 18 21.7 -6.6 242 36 316.6 316.9 288.9 320.6 1.17 10 550 5066 -3.6 -30.6 10 27.0 -10.4 243 37 319.8 320.0 289.3 321.8 0.55 11 500 5810 -8.9 -32.0 13 23.1 -14.2 236 35 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.52 12 450 6617 -14.5 -33.2 19 18.6 -18.4 225 34 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.52 13 400 7497 -21.2 -28.2 53 7.0 -22.8 212 33 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.7 0.94 14 350 8466 -29.1 -34.3 61 5.2 -29.9 211 30 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.7 0.60 15 300 9549 -37.1 -40.7 69 3.6 -37.5 205 18 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.36 16 250 10787 -45.8 -49.4 67 3.6 -46.0 12 2 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12235 -56.3 -60.3 60 4.1 -56.3 12 19 343.6 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14074 -51.8 -80.9 2 29.1 -52.3 210 23 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16663 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 187 11 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.70 m Freezing level: 594.33 mb = 4452.47 m = 14607.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.81 mb = 3717.84 m = 12197.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.83 mb = 733.06 m = 2405.02 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 31.86 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1612.47 m = 5290.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 40.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2167.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.25 mb = 1308.37 m = 4292.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.25 mb = 2189.88 m = 7184.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.25 mb = 12487.73 m = 40969.74 ft B at Equ Level: 2164.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.25 mb = 15380.09 m = 50459.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 217.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 35.04 Bulk Shear: 61.86 m/s