MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.57,-102.48 Latitude: 45.57 Longitude: -102.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 533 SFC 921 805 24.4 19.5 74 4.9 20.9 135 8 304.6 307.5 296.9 351.2 15.62 3 900 1011 25.1 18.1 65 7.0 20.2 144 22 307.4 310.1 297.0 351.8 14.72 4 850 1512 22.1 16.3 70 5.8 18.1 177 21 309.3 311.9 296.9 351.3 13.83 5 800 2037 18.5 14.0 75 4.5 15.4 225 18 310.8 313.2 296.5 349.5 12.63 6 750 2586 13.4 12.5 94 1.0 12.8 238 18 311.1 313.4 296.3 348.5 12.20 7 700 3164 9.0 8.6 97 0.5 8.8 264 20 312.5 314.4 295.1 343.5 10.05 8 650 3774 4.3 1.8 84 2.4 2.9 273 29 313.8 315.1 293.0 334.9 6.74 9 600 4420 0.1 -7.1 59 7.1 -3.2 265 38 316.2 316.9 291.2 328.3 3.75 10 550 5111 -4.3 -28.6 13 24.3 -10.6 261 38 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.3 0.66 11 500 5855 -8.9 -25.6 24 16.7 -13.5 260 38 322.2 322.4 290.4 325.5 0.95 12 450 6661 -14.8 -22.4 52 7.6 -17.0 261 34 324.6 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.41 13 400 7541 -20.8 -35.2 26 14.5 -23.3 260 31 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.8 0.48 14 350 8512 -28.0 -32.7 64 4.8 -28.8 262 30 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.6 0.70 15 300 9599 -37.6 -45.6 43 8.0 -38.3 268 30 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.22 16 250 10826 -48.6 -52.0 68 3.4 -48.7 279 39 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 17 200 12259 -56.9 -63.0 46 6.1 -57.1 273 31 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14091 -56.3 -79.3 4 23.0 -56.6 244 21 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16664 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 200 17 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.63 m Freezing level: 599.15 mb = 4432.05 m = 14540.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.28 mb = 4074.08 m = 13366.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.53 mb = 1434.52 m = 4706.36 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 30.43 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.31 mb = 2403.06 m = 7883.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.18 C K Index: 46.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2802.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.77 mb = 2071.01 m = 6794.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.77 mb = 2678.77 m = 8788.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.77 mb = 12867.32 m = 42215.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2787.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.16 Bulk Rich Number: 14.77 Bulk Shear: 189.77 m/s