MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.47,-100.46 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -100.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 538 SFC 947 563 29.0 20.0 58 9.0 22.5 156 12 306.9 309.8 297.5 354.2 15.72 3 900 1017 24.7 18.1 67 6.7 20.0 161 20 307.0 309.7 296.8 351.0 14.63 4 850 1515 19.9 17.0 83 2.9 17.8 165 22 306.9 309.7 296.7 350.5 14.47 5 800 2035 15.8 14.5 92 1.4 14.9 185 26 308.0 310.5 296.1 347.5 13.06 6 750 2582 12.5 11.5 93 1.0 11.9 211 24 310.2 312.3 295.6 345.1 11.43 7 700 3158 8.8 7.3 90 1.5 7.9 235 30 312.3 314.0 294.5 340.7 9.21 8 650 3770 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 2.9 260 27 316.0 317.1 293.0 334.9 5.97 9 600 4421 1.5 -12.4 35 13.9 -4.2 258 27 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.9 2.45 10 550 5114 -3.6 -24.8 18 21.1 -9.8 248 32 319.8 320.0 289.7 323.0 0.93 11 500 5858 -9.4 -26.8 23 17.4 -14.0 250 32 321.5 321.7 290.1 324.5 0.85 12 450 6663 -15.7 -33.6 20 18.0 -19.2 253 30 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.50 13 400 7538 -22.0 -39.8 18 17.8 -24.6 255 28 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.30 14 350 8506 -29.0 -46.5 17 17.6 -30.7 251 25 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.17 15 300 9588 -37.9 -45.7 44 7.8 -38.6 251 24 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.21 16 250 10818 -47.0 -58.9 24 11.9 -47.4 219 24 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 17 200 12261 -56.9 -64.3 39 7.4 -57.0 229 25 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14095 -52.9 -79.2 3 26.3 -53.4 222 21 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.01 19 100 16673 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 212 11 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.78 m Freezing level: 585.68 mb = 4619.46 m = 15155.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.37 mb = 4032.34 m = 13229.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.98 mb = 1709.55 m = 5608.70 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 31.15 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.38 mb = 1935.46 m = 6349.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 26.43 C K Index: 44.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2814.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.66 mb = 1827.14 m = 5994.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.66 mb = 2092.09 m = 6863.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.66 mb = 12769.43 m = 41893.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2802.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 29.13 Bulk Shear: 96.60 m/s