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: 47.42,-101.76 Latitude: 47.42 Longitude: -101.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 536 SFC 943 601 23.1 21.7 92 1.3 22.1 180 5 301.2 304.5 297.3 353.1 17.61 3 900 1009 21.4 19.7 90 1.8 20.2 179 18 303.6 306.6 297.0 351.8 16.23 4 850 1503 18.5 17.3 93 1.2 17.7 183 24 305.5 308.2 296.5 349.7 14.76 5 800 2022 15.3 14.4 95 0.9 14.7 191 25 307.4 309.9 295.9 346.7 13.02 6 750 2567 11.6 10.4 93 1.1 10.9 205 24 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.5 10.64 7 700 3142 8.7 6.0 83 2.8 7.1 226 23 312.2 313.8 293.9 338.1 8.39 8 650 3753 5.6 -3.1 54 8.7 1.2 248 28 315.3 316.2 291.7 330.2 4.69 9 600 4400 0.4 -17.8 24 18.2 -6.0 247 28 316.6 316.9 289.3 321.8 1.57 10 550 5091 -3.9 -34.6 7 30.7 -10.9 239 26 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.8 0.37 11 500 5834 -9.2 -33.0 13 23.8 -14.5 243 27 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.5 0.47 12 450 6640 -15.2 -32.5 21 17.3 -18.7 248 29 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.2 0.56 13 400 7517 -21.7 -32.6 37 10.9 -23.7 249 30 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.62 14 350 8485 -29.1 -40.9 31 11.8 -30.6 243 29 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.31 15 300 9568 -37.6 -51.3 22 13.7 -38.5 237 26 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 16 250 10798 -47.3 -56.8 33 9.5 -47.7 217 27 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12238 -56.9 -64.7 37 7.8 -57.1 221 29 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14076 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 217 24 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16664 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 183 16 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.83 m Freezing level: 595.59 mb = 4461.21 m = 14636.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.73 mb = 3856.12 m = 12651.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.96 mb = 769.77 m = 2525.45 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 32.33 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.93 mb = 1473.67 m = 4834.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -6.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 42.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2834.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.26 mb = 1269.79 m = 4165.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.26 mb = 1725.20 m = 5660.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.26 mb = 12973.69 m = 42564.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2771.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.26 mb = 16157.40 m = 53009.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 60.90 Bulk Shear: 46.53 m/s