MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.83,-102.14 Latitude: 46.83 Longitude: -102.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 537 SFC 932 701 26.0 20.8 73 5.2 22.2 142 7 305.2 308.3 297.8 355.3 16.78 3 900 1012 22.1 19.6 86 2.5 20.4 143 10 304.3 307.3 297.2 352.5 16.18 4 850 1507 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 147 17 305.0 307.8 296.7 350.4 15.18 5 800 2024 14.8 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 165 25 306.9 309.3 295.5 345.0 12.67 6 750 2569 11.8 9.2 84 2.6 10.2 178 27 309.4 311.2 294.1 339.2 9.76 7 700 3145 9.4 5.2 75 4.2 6.9 208 34 312.9 314.4 293.7 337.7 7.97 8 650 3757 6.1 -0.2 64 6.3 2.7 237 30 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.3 5.81 9 600 4407 1.4 -11.7 37 13.1 -4.1 238 29 317.7 318.2 290.6 326.3 2.60 10 550 5099 -3.6 -23.7 19 20.1 -9.6 224 35 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.3 1.02 11 500 5843 -9.4 -31.0 15 21.6 -14.5 234 34 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.6 0.57 12 450 6647 -15.6 -36.3 15 20.7 -19.4 241 34 323.6 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.38 13 400 7523 -21.9 -38.8 20 16.9 -24.5 242 33 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.33 14 350 8491 -29.0 -44.8 20 15.7 -30.7 239 28 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.20 15 300 9573 -37.8 -45.8 43 8.0 -38.5 240 25 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.21 16 250 10804 -46.9 -57.9 27 11.0 -47.3 180 28 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.06 17 200 12245 -57.0 -64.4 39 7.4 -57.1 213 24 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 18 150 14082 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 233 19 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16656 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 185 12 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.73 m Freezing level: 586.29 mb = 4596.66 m = 15080.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.03 mb = 4010.12 m = 13156.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.64 mb = 1358.83 m = 4458.05 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 31.99 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1460.97 m = 4793.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -7.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 27.16 C K Index: 40.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 544.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2879.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.61 mb = 1439.53 m = 4722.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.61 mb = 1490.19 m = 4889.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.61 mb = 12860.40 m = 42192.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2852.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 333.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.78 Bulk Rich Number: 29.73 Bulk Shear: 96.87 m/s