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: 48.08,-100.59 Latitude: 48.08 Longitude: -100.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 955 479 22.5 21.6 95 0.9 21.8 133 16 299.5 302.6 296.6 349.8 17.23 2 950 528 22.3 21.4 95 0.9 21.6 133 22 299.8 302.9 296.5 349.8 17.08 3 900 999 20.7 19.6 93 1.2 19.9 152 42 302.9 305.9 296.8 350.6 16.12 4 850 1493 18.0 17.6 97 0.4 17.7 174 45 305.0 307.8 296.6 350.0 15.06 5 800 2012 15.5 15.4 99 0.1 15.4 197 46 307.7 310.3 296.5 349.7 13.89 6 750 2557 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.1 218 45 308.8 310.9 294.9 342.4 11.05 7 700 3130 7.4 2.7 72 4.7 4.8 234 43 310.7 311.9 292.1 331.3 6.67 8 650 3738 5.1 -10.6 31 15.7 -1.6 242 49 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.3 2.63 9 600 4386 0.9 -16.0 27 16.9 -5.4 242 49 317.1 317.5 289.8 323.2 1.82 10 550 5077 -4.6 -15.9 41 11.3 -8.7 241 49 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.3 2.01 11 500 5818 -10.5 -16.3 62 5.8 -12.5 240 47 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.14 12 450 6622 -15.6 -18.9 75 3.3 -16.6 241 42 323.7 324.0 291.7 330.2 1.91 13 400 7501 -20.6 -23.3 79 2.6 -21.3 245 35 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.3 1.47 14 350 8477 -26.6 -29.5 77 2.9 -27.2 256 26 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.4 0.95 15 300 9573 -34.0 -37.2 73 3.2 -34.4 281 19 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.5 0.52 16 250 10824 -44.1 -47.5 69 3.4 -44.3 309 18 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12277 -57.0 -61.0 60 4.0 -57.1 314 18 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14095 -53.0 -79.6 3 26.6 -53.5 232 33 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16682 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 185 11 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.73 m Freezing level: 592.06 mb = 4495.56 m = 14749.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.34 mb = 3583.32 m = 11756.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.48 mb = 587.91 m = 1928.83 ft T: 22.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 27.42 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1294.38 m = 4246.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: -7.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 28.05 C K Index: 41.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 636.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2231.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.31 mb = 1072.86 m = 3519.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.31 mb = 1933.68 m = 6344.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.31 mb = 12691.01 m = 41636.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2226.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.31 mb = 15663.31 m = 51388.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 855.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 855.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 285.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.5 stream: 12.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.98 Bulk Rich Number: 7.03 Bulk Shear: 317.43 m/s