MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-100.24 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -100.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 574 SFC 948 592 17.8 16.7 94 1.0 17.1 109 4 295.4 297.7 292.3 332.0 12.74 3 900 1036 15.8 15.5 98 0.2 15.6 160 8 297.8 300.0 292.7 333.8 12.43 4 850 1521 13.8 11.3 85 2.5 12.2 136 9 300.6 302.4 291.7 329.9 9.93 5 800 2030 11.0 8.6 85 2.4 9.5 121 7 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.0 8.78 6 750 2567 8.0 7.4 96 0.7 7.6 109 4 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.3 8.63 7 700 3134 6.1 -3.8 49 9.9 1.3 69 1 309.3 310.0 289.4 322.1 4.12 8 650 3738 2.8 -12.4 32 15.2 -3.3 75 1 312.1 312.6 288.6 319.5 2.27 9 600 4380 -0.8 -27.7 11 26.9 -8.1 217 0 315.2 315.3 287.9 317.5 0.65 10 550 5069 -4.9 -34.2 8 29.4 -11.5 179 2 318.3 318.4 288.6 319.7 0.38 11 500 5810 -9.5 -31.0 15 21.6 -14.5 116 3 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.5 0.57 12 450 6616 -14.6 -33.1 19 18.4 -18.4 67 3 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.7 0.52 13 400 7497 -20.1 -30.1 40 10.0 -22.2 268 3 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.8 0.78 14 350 8471 -28.2 -31.7 72 3.5 -28.8 282 5 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.6 0.77 15 300 9558 -36.5 -41.0 63 4.5 -37.0 284 8 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.3 0.35 16 250 10795 -46.5 -54.0 42 7.5 -46.8 277 9 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 17 200 12240 -55.2 -66.3 24 11.1 -55.4 256 8 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14083 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 301 17 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16656 -59.7 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 349 11 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.15 m Freezing level: 611.21 mb = 4236.38 m = 13898.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.68 mb = 3302.74 m = 10835.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.85 mb = 720.51 m = 2363.85 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 13.80 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1489.96 m = 4888.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.91 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 24.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5811.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.66 mb = 1191.57 m = 3909.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.9 at 3.3 knts Storm direction: 158.9 at 2.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -13.2 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.15 Bulk Shear: 1.16 m/s