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: 46.75,-102.53 Latitude: 46.75 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 537 SFC 926 763 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 198 4 302.2 305.2 296.7 350.2 16.25 3 900 1010 23.0 18.1 74 4.9 19.5 194 17 305.2 308.0 296.4 349.0 14.66 4 850 1508 20.1 16.2 79 3.8 17.4 204 24 307.2 309.8 296.4 348.7 13.80 5 800 2029 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.3 234 27 308.6 310.9 295.6 345.2 12.05 6 750 2575 12.3 6.8 69 5.5 8.9 249 30 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.3 8.27 7 700 3149 8.0 -0.4 55 8.4 3.6 256 32 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.0 5.31 8 650 3756 4.6 -14.0 24 18.6 -2.7 259 38 314.2 314.5 288.9 320.7 1.99 9 600 4402 0.4 -20.7 19 21.1 -6.5 257 39 316.6 316.8 289.0 320.7 1.22 10 550 5093 -4.0 -30.4 11 26.4 -10.6 255 37 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.3 0.55 11 500 5837 -9.1 -30.1 16 21.0 -14.2 249 36 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.63 12 450 6643 -15.1 -24.9 43 9.7 -17.7 242 35 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.2 1.13 13 400 7520 -22.1 -29.4 51 7.3 -23.7 234 32 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.83 14 350 8487 -29.0 -34.9 57 5.9 -29.9 235 28 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.8 0.57 15 300 9571 -37.5 -41.4 67 3.9 -37.8 244 25 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.9 0.34 16 250 10803 -46.8 -50.5 66 3.7 -47.0 253 13 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12247 -57.3 -61.3 60 4.0 -57.4 350 5 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14083 -52.9 -80.7 2 27.8 -53.4 216 25 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16670 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 207 17 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.94 m Freezing level: 595.38 mb = 4466.19 m = 14652.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.60 mb = 3488.09 m = 11443.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.60 mb = 1052.99 m = 3454.65 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 29.47 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2119.94 m = 6955.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.33 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2362.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.75 mb = 1766.84 m = 5796.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.75 mb = 2465.44 m = 8088.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.75 mb = 12583.00 m = 41282.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2361.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.75 mb = 15520.53 m = 50919.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.45 Bulk Rich Number: 26.73 Bulk Shear: 88.37 m/s