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: 48.10,-100.57 Latitude: 48.10 Longitude: -100.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 956 476 22.4 21.6 95 0.8 21.8 130 17 299.4 302.5 296.5 349.7 17.20 2 950 528 22.1 21.3 95 0.8 21.6 131 23 299.7 302.8 296.5 349.5 17.04 3 900 998 20.6 19.6 94 0.9 19.9 149 43 302.7 305.7 296.8 350.6 16.19 4 850 1492 18.0 17.6 98 0.3 17.8 171 46 305.0 307.8 296.7 350.1 15.11 5 800 2011 15.5 15.4 99 0.1 15.4 194 46 307.7 310.3 296.5 349.5 13.86 6 750 2556 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.2 214 45 308.9 311.0 294.9 342.6 11.08 7 700 3129 7.6 2.9 72 4.6 4.9 230 43 310.9 312.1 292.2 331.8 6.77 8 650 3737 5.2 -10.1 32 15.3 -1.4 239 48 314.8 315.3 289.9 323.7 2.73 9 600 4385 0.6 -14.1 32 14.7 -5.1 240 49 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.14 10 550 5076 -5.0 -14.0 49 9.0 -8.4 240 50 318.2 318.6 290.6 326.0 2.36 11 500 5817 -10.5 -15.1 69 4.6 -12.1 240 47 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.1 2.37 12 450 6620 -15.3 -18.1 79 2.8 -16.2 242 42 324.0 324.4 292.0 330.9 2.04 13 400 7501 -20.3 -22.8 80 2.5 -21.0 248 35 328.6 328.9 292.8 334.0 1.53 14 350 8478 -26.3 -29.2 77 2.9 -26.9 259 27 333.3 333.5 293.5 336.9 0.98 15 300 9576 -33.8 -37.0 73 3.2 -34.3 281 21 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.7 0.53 16 250 10827 -44.1 -47.5 69 3.4 -44.3 304 19 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12279 -57.0 -61.0 61 4.0 -57.1 308 19 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14097 -52.8 -79.4 3 26.6 -53.3 232 33 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16684 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 185 10 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.39 m Freezing level: 594.50 mb = 4461.22 m = 14636.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.31 mb = 3595.76 m = 11796.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.41 mb = 579.03 m = 1899.68 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 26.93 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1253.00 m = 4110.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.12 C Showalter Index: -7.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.47 C Cross Totals Index: 28.15 C K Index: 41.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 644.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2193.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.65 mb = 1049.55 m = 3443.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.65 mb = 1908.01 m = 6259.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.65 mb = 12956.97 m = 42509.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2137.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.65 mb = 15539.13 m = 50980.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 868.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 868.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 289.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.5 stream: 12.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.96 Bulk Rich Number: 6.69 Bulk Shear: 327.71 m/s