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: 47.11,-101.54 Latitude: 47.11 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 520 SFC 937 642 31.4 23.3 62 8.2 25.3 165 11 310.3 314.0 300.5 370.0 19.51 3 900 1002 26.1 21.8 77 4.3 22.9 168 13 308.4 311.8 299.6 364.7 18.56 4 850 1504 21.2 20.7 96 0.6 20.8 175 14 308.4 311.8 299.5 364.0 18.32 5 800 2029 19.5 9.3 52 10.2 13.0 188 14 311.9 313.7 294.4 340.4 9.24 6 750 2580 15.5 5.1 50 10.4 9.3 202 15 313.4 314.8 293.4 336.5 7.39 7 700 3160 10.8 -1.1 44 11.9 4.4 218 12 314.4 315.4 291.8 330.3 5.04 8 650 3772 5.2 1.7 78 3.4 3.2 230 18 314.8 316.1 293.3 335.9 6.69 9 600 4420 0.4 -3.0 78 3.4 -1.3 243 19 316.6 317.6 292.5 333.0 5.12 10 550 5112 -4.4 -9.5 67 5.1 -6.5 258 29 318.9 319.5 291.7 330.0 3.39 11 500 5854 -10.7 -21.2 42 10.5 -13.8 261 34 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.8 1.41 12 450 6655 -15.9 -32.9 22 17.0 -19.3 263 29 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.53 13 400 7531 -22.2 -32.0 41 9.8 -24.1 260 32 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.4 0.65 14 350 8498 -29.3 -41.6 29 12.3 -30.7 254 35 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.28 15 300 9582 -37.1 -49.0 28 12.0 -37.9 251 35 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.15 16 250 10814 -47.5 -55.7 39 8.2 -47.9 253 38 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.08 17 200 12255 -56.2 -67.3 24 11.0 -56.4 251 52 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 18 150 14062 -58.3 -78.0 6 19.6 -58.6 261 36 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16617 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 250 14 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.18 m Freezing level: 595.57 mb = 4481.59 m = 14703.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.07 mb = 4232.67 m = 13886.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.90 mb = 1679.63 m = 5510.54 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 39.65 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.53 mb = 1819.76 m = 5970.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -12.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.57 C Showalter Index: -12.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 63.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.95 C Cross Totals Index: 31.36 C K Index: 40.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 595.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5251.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.11 mb = 1604.97 m = 5265.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.11 mb = 2298.88 m = 7542.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.11 mb = 13851.79 m = 45444.94 ft B at Equ Level: 5229.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 100.97 Bulk Shear: 52.01 m/s