MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.79,-102.96 Latitude: 45.79 Longitude: -102.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 502 SFC 914 854 30.8 23.6 66 7.2 25.3 136 16 311.9 315.7 301.4 374.8 20.41 3 900 987 27.7 22.7 74 5.0 23.9 137 19 310.0 313.7 300.5 370.0 19.61 4 850 1491 22.9 20.7 87 2.2 21.3 148 24 310.1 313.6 299.9 366.2 18.34 5 800 2019 20.0 15.2 74 4.8 16.7 169 28 312.5 315.1 297.7 354.8 13.74 6 750 2573 17.2 8.2 55 9.0 11.5 183 21 315.3 317.0 295.3 343.9 9.15 7 700 3159 13.5 2.2 46 11.3 7.0 218 14 317.4 318.6 293.8 337.8 6.41 8 650 3776 8.5 -4.7 39 13.2 1.8 245 17 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.0 4.15 9 600 4431 2.9 -8.9 42 11.8 -2.4 248 19 319.5 320.1 291.7 330.2 3.26 10 550 5127 -3.6 -10.0 61 6.4 -6.4 247 23 319.8 320.4 291.8 330.5 3.25 11 500 5870 -10.3 -16.5 60 6.2 -12.4 243 26 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.6 2.11 12 450 6672 -15.9 -28.7 32 12.8 -18.8 250 30 323.3 323.4 290.6 326.1 0.80 13 400 7549 -21.8 -31.8 40 10.0 -23.7 256 30 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.0 0.67 14 350 8518 -28.5 -43.3 23 14.8 -30.2 259 32 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.24 15 300 9602 -37.4 -47.3 35 9.9 -38.2 259 33 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.18 16 250 10834 -47.0 -57.2 30 10.2 -47.4 250 37 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 17 200 12280 -55.6 -68.0 20 12.5 -55.8 250 45 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14083 -60.7 -75.2 13 14.4 -60.9 256 44 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16625 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.7 241 18 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.08 m Freezing level: 577.84 mb = 4739.21 m = 15548.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.54 mb = 4050.94 m = 13290.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.32 C = 91.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.55 mb = 1766.09 m = 5794.19 ft T: 21.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 44.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2149.62 m = 7052.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -12.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -17.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -12.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 64.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.16 C Cross Totals Index: 30.95 C K Index: 42.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 773.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5234.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.44 mb = 1830.83 m = 6006.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.44 mb = 2774.25 m = 9101.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.44 mb = 14407.11 m = 47266.84 ft B at Equ Level: 5171.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.4 neg: -5.9 tot: 151.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.06 Bulk Rich Number: 54.54 Bulk Shear: 95.98 m/s