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: 46.52,-102.79 Latitude: 46.52 Longitude: -102.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 519 SFC 919 820 29.4 18.3 51 11.1 21.5 191 7 310.0 312.8 297.6 354.5 14.60 3 900 1002 27.3 17.6 56 9.6 20.5 193 9 309.6 312.3 297.3 353.0 14.24 4 850 1504 22.4 16.6 70 5.8 18.4 195 10 309.6 312.3 297.2 352.7 14.16 5 800 2028 17.3 15.7 90 1.6 16.2 197 11 309.6 312.2 297.2 352.6 14.12 6 750 2577 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.5 220 16 310.3 312.6 296.1 347.4 12.16 7 700 3152 8.1 3.4 72 4.7 5.4 258 24 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.1 6.99 8 650 3760 5.1 -5.5 46 10.6 0.0 246 30 314.7 315.5 290.9 327.3 3.91 9 600 4408 -0.1 -8.2 54 8.1 -3.7 240 36 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.0 3.42 10 550 5097 -4.8 -30.9 11 26.1 -11.2 245 36 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.2 0.53 11 500 5839 -9.6 -37.0 9 27.4 -15.0 250 36 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.32 12 450 6643 -15.2 -30.5 26 15.4 -18.6 253 38 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.67 13 400 7521 -21.5 -32.9 35 11.4 -23.7 254 37 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.2 0.60 14 350 8490 -28.9 -41.0 30 12.1 -30.4 250 36 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.30 15 300 9573 -37.5 -50.7 24 13.1 -38.4 253 37 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.12 16 250 10803 -47.3 -58.6 27 11.2 -47.7 255 36 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12245 -56.2 -64.2 36 8.0 -56.4 243 31 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14080 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 211 20 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16660 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 191 14 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.90 m Freezing level: 601.41 mb = 4389.40 m = 14400.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3763.75 m = 12348.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.42 C = 84.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.14 mb = 2220.22 m = 7284.11 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 34.25 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.91 mb = 2255.47 m = 7399.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.27 C Showalter Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.00 C Cross Totals Index: 26.25 C K Index: 43.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3088.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.67 mb = 2225.35 m = 7300.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.67 mb = 2279.87 m = 7479.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.67 mb = 13035.99 m = 42768.49 ft B at Equ Level: 3033.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.67 mb = 16248.86 m = 53309.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 86.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 48.93 Bulk Shear: 63.13 m/s