MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.40,-102.08 Latitude: 47.40 Longitude: -102.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 527 SFC 939 632 23.3 21.6 90 1.8 22.1 29 3 301.9 305.1 297.4 353.6 17.52 3 900 1003 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.3 198 12 305.7 308.6 297.1 352.3 15.56 4 850 1500 19.8 17.4 86 2.4 18.2 215 20 306.9 309.7 297.0 351.8 14.91 5 800 2021 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 222 23 308.1 310.8 296.9 351.2 14.23 6 750 2568 12.9 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 227 24 310.6 312.9 296.4 348.8 12.50 7 700 3145 8.5 8.5 100 0.1 8.5 231 28 311.9 313.8 295.0 342.7 9.99 8 650 3753 3.5 1.5 87 2.0 2.4 241 37 312.9 314.2 292.6 333.4 6.57 9 600 4397 -0.6 -14.3 35 13.7 -5.8 241 41 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.3 2.10 10 550 5086 -4.7 -28.3 14 23.6 -10.9 245 37 318.5 318.6 289.0 320.9 0.67 11 500 5829 -9.2 -27.5 21 18.3 -13.9 250 33 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.80 12 450 6635 -15.1 -33.3 20 18.2 -18.8 252 30 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.51 13 400 7512 -21.8 -50.3 6 28.6 -24.9 248 31 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.09 14 350 8480 -28.9 -53.6 7 24.7 -30.9 250 35 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.07 15 300 9563 -37.3 -51.8 21 14.5 -38.2 254 32 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 16 250 10798 -46.5 -53.1 47 6.6 -46.9 266 21 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.11 17 200 12244 -55.7 -63.3 38 7.6 -55.8 251 22 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14076 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 229 23 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16656 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 202 17 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.75 m Freezing level: 607.77 mb = 4297.32 m = 14098.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.59 mb = 3933.55 m = 12905.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.96 mb = 857.65 m = 2813.78 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 32.76 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1780.87 m = 5842.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.99 C Cross Totals Index: 26.61 C K Index: 46.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2962.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.61 mb = 1524.35 m = 5001.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.61 mb = 1992.59 m = 6537.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.61 mb = 12823.50 m = 42071.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2942.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.63 Bulk Rich Number: 40.97 Bulk Shear: 72.33 m/s