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: 48.06,-102.00 Latitude: 48.06 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 522 SFC 937 645 23.8 18.2 71 5.7 19.9 144 13 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.5 14.16 3 900 996 23.1 16.6 67 6.5 18.6 157 32 305.3 307.8 295.6 345.1 13.30 4 850 1492 19.2 15.3 78 3.9 16.5 176 39 306.2 308.6 295.5 345.1 12.94 5 800 2010 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 186 42 307.0 309.4 295.8 346.1 12.99 6 750 2555 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 207 37 309.0 311.1 295.0 342.6 11.04 7 700 3129 7.4 5.1 85 2.4 6.1 216 33 310.7 312.2 293.0 335.0 7.88 8 650 3736 4.4 -2.5 61 6.8 0.9 220 29 313.9 314.8 291.6 329.4 4.91 9 600 4383 0.9 -11.5 39 12.3 -4.3 218 25 317.1 317.7 290.5 325.9 2.65 10 550 5076 -3.9 -19.4 29 15.5 -9.1 226 23 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.6 1.50 11 500 5820 -8.8 -31.2 14 22.3 -14.1 233 24 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.3 0.57 12 450 6627 -14.4 -31.2 23 16.8 -18.1 233 24 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.4 0.63 13 400 7508 -20.8 -29.5 45 8.7 -22.6 224 24 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.0 0.83 14 350 8480 -28.3 -42.5 24 14.2 -29.9 219 20 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.26 15 300 9565 -37.4 -51.2 22 13.8 -38.3 197 17 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.11 16 250 10796 -46.7 -50.9 62 4.2 -46.9 197 10 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.14 17 200 12239 -57.5 -61.5 60 4.0 -57.5 304 31 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14078 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 217 21 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16667 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 193 15 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.23 m Freezing level: 590.66 mb = 4512.72 m = 14805.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.29 mb = 3845.24 m = 12615.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.28 mb = 1367.59 m = 4486.79 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 21.82 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 2035.20 m = 6677.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 40.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1571.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.47 mb = 1804.77 m = 5921.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.47 mb = 2394.01 m = 7854.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.47 mb = 12417.71 m = 40740.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1564.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.47 mb = 14775.45 m = 48475.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.0 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 237.0 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 410.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.96 Bulk Rich Number: 20.26 Bulk Shear: 77.56 m/s