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: 47.24,-102.87 Latitude: 47.24 Longitude: -102.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 530 SFC 927 743 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.3 185 8 301.5 304.7 297.1 352.1 17.16 3 900 1002 22.1 18.9 82 3.1 19.9 198 20 304.3 307.1 296.7 350.4 15.49 4 850 1499 20.0 16.2 79 3.8 17.4 219 22 307.1 309.7 296.3 348.6 13.77 5 800 2020 16.1 13.6 85 2.6 14.4 236 22 308.3 310.7 295.7 345.6 12.31 6 750 2565 11.6 8.1 79 3.5 9.5 242 21 309.2 310.9 293.6 336.9 9.10 7 700 3139 8.5 -7.1 32 15.6 1.3 251 21 311.9 312.5 289.4 322.2 3.21 8 650 3746 4.6 -18.4 17 22.9 -3.6 255 24 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.8 1.38 9 600 4392 0.4 -25.7 12 26.1 -7.2 255 27 316.5 316.7 288.5 319.3 0.79 10 550 5082 -4.3 -32.1 9 27.9 -10.9 255 27 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.7 0.47 11 500 5826 -9.2 -36.7 9 27.5 -14.7 252 28 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.0 0.33 12 450 6631 -15.0 -31.5 23 16.6 -18.5 246 30 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.6 0.61 13 400 7509 -21.4 -31.2 41 9.8 -23.4 242 31 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.70 14 350 8478 -28.7 -36.4 48 7.7 -29.8 248 30 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.49 15 300 9562 -37.7 -41.6 67 3.8 -38.1 249 29 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.5 0.33 16 250 10792 -46.9 -50.7 65 3.8 -47.1 216 19 336.3 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.15 17 200 12237 -57.3 -61.3 60 4.0 -57.3 152 9 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 18 150 14074 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 224 20 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16662 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 192 16 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.99 m Freezing level: 596.05 mb = 4446.14 m = 14586.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.70 mb = 3295.75 m = 10812.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.75 mb = 850.72 m = 2791.05 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 33.34 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.91 mb = 1977.73 m = 6488.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.29 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -6.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 29.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2507.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.41 mb = 1627.06 m = 5338.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.41 mb = 2207.43 m = 7242.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.41 mb = 12824.55 m = 42074.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2463.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.41 mb = 15915.35 m = 52215.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 134.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.92 Bulk Rich Number: 60.89 Bulk Shear: 41.17 m/s