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: 48.06,-102.16 Latitude: 48.06 Longitude: -102.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 528 SFC 937 645 25.1 19.2 70 5.9 20.9 126 12 303.8 306.6 296.3 348.6 15.06 3 900 1002 21.8 17.7 77 4.1 18.9 134 20 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.5 14.28 4 850 1495 17.2 16.6 96 0.6 16.8 144 22 304.2 306.8 295.8 346.1 14.09 5 800 2012 15.7 7.8 59 7.9 10.9 172 23 307.9 309.5 292.6 333.2 8.32 6 750 2557 12.3 5.0 61 7.3 8.0 168 19 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.5 7.32 7 700 3132 8.7 1.1 59 7.6 4.5 173 19 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.6 5.94 8 650 3740 3.8 2.4 90 1.5 3.0 185 20 313.3 314.6 293.1 335.1 7.00 9 600 4386 -0.4 -1.7 91 1.3 -1.1 207 21 315.6 316.7 292.6 333.5 5.62 10 550 5078 -3.8 -12.1 52 8.4 -7.1 226 26 319.6 320.2 291.3 328.7 2.74 11 500 5823 -9.1 -28.3 19 19.2 -13.9 225 24 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.6 0.74 12 450 6630 -14.0 -43.5 6 29.6 -18.6 231 24 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.18 13 400 7512 -20.4 -39.5 16 19.1 -23.4 225 24 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.31 14 350 8483 -28.5 -48.8 12 20.3 -30.4 215 21 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9568 -37.2 -53.1 18 15.8 -38.2 187 21 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.09 16 250 10799 -47.5 -54.1 47 6.6 -47.8 197 10 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.10 17 200 12236 -58.1 -62.4 58 4.3 -58.2 270 25 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 14076 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 222 22 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16666 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 184 14 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.49 m Freezing level: 604.87 mb = 4322.90 m = 14182.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.33 mb = 4208.55 m = 13807.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.73 mb = 1397.15 m = 4583.77 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 17.93 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 1945.90 m = 6384.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1885.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.46 mb = 1541.03 m = 5055.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.46 mb = 2663.69 m = 8739.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.46 mb = 12548.46 m = 41168.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1875.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.46 mb = 14967.32 m = 49104.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.9 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 222.9 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.9 neg: -17.0 tot: 119.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 34.71 Bulk Shear: 54.32 m/s