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: 47.37,-102.44 Latitude: 47.37 Longitude: -102.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 532 SFC 936 668 25.9 21.2 75 4.7 22.5 137 6 304.8 308.0 297.9 356.1 17.16 3 900 1007 22.2 19.8 86 2.4 20.5 150 7 304.4 307.4 297.3 353.3 16.39 4 850 1503 18.9 16.7 87 2.3 17.4 189 17 306.0 308.6 296.3 348.5 14.20 5 800 2022 15.4 12.4 82 3.0 13.4 227 20 307.6 309.8 294.8 342.1 11.40 6 750 2566 11.5 7.2 75 4.3 8.9 252 24 309.1 310.7 293.1 335.1 8.54 7 700 3141 10.1 -4.0 37 14.1 3.1 258 26 313.7 314.4 290.7 326.6 4.05 8 650 3751 4.9 -7.8 39 12.6 -0.9 242 29 314.5 315.1 290.3 325.0 3.28 9 600 4397 -0.1 -20.4 20 20.3 -6.8 238 31 316.0 316.3 288.8 320.3 1.26 10 550 5086 -4.4 -36.2 6 31.9 -11.3 233 29 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.0 0.31 11 500 5829 -9.9 -39.2 7 29.4 -15.3 239 30 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.25 12 450 6632 -15.3 -41.5 9 26.2 -19.5 246 33 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.22 13 400 7509 -21.7 -37.3 23 15.5 -24.2 247 35 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.39 14 350 8476 -29.4 -40.5 33 11.1 -30.7 240 36 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.32 15 300 9559 -37.6 -50.5 25 12.8 -38.5 235 36 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 16 250 10789 -47.2 -59.0 25 11.8 -47.6 228 33 335.8 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 17 200 12230 -56.5 -63.9 39 7.4 -56.7 225 33 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14072 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 213 24 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16659 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 178 15 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.16 m Freezing level: 600.96 mb = 4384.60 m = 14385.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.94 mb = 3614.08 m = 11857.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.48 mb = 1266.56 m = 4155.34 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 36.01 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1669.48 m = 5477.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -7.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 26.53 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 510.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2909.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.19 mb = 1500.64 m = 4923.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.19 mb = 1860.62 m = 6104.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.19 mb = 12722.80 m = 41740.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2893.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.19 mb = 16336.42 m = 53596.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.5 neg: -12.4 tot: 150.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.85 Bulk Rich Number: 32.71 Bulk Shear: 88.95 m/s