MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.61,-99.80 Latitude: 45.61 Longitude: -99.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 506 SFC 943 575 32.5 23.0 57 9.5 25.3 134 12 310.8 314.4 300.4 369.2 19.06 3 900 992 28.3 21.3 66 7.0 23.1 141 23 310.6 314.0 299.8 365.7 17.99 4 850 1497 23.6 20.0 80 3.6 20.9 147 25 310.8 314.2 299.6 364.6 17.55 5 800 2025 22.0 3.0 29 19.0 10.9 164 25 314.6 315.8 292.6 333.4 5.96 6 750 2582 19.1 -1.2 25 20.3 8.0 194 22 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.3 4.67 7 700 3169 14.8 1.0 39 13.8 6.9 229 17 318.9 320.0 293.7 337.8 5.88 8 650 3790 10.0 -8.3 27 18.3 1.4 245 17 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.7 3.15 9 600 4448 4.2 -8.7 38 12.9 -1.7 259 20 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.8 3.30 10 550 5146 -2.3 -9.4 58 7.1 -5.4 256 23 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.6 3.40 11 500 5893 -9.5 -10.9 89 1.4 -10.1 254 25 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.5 3.32 12 450 6698 -15.8 -19.0 76 3.2 -16.7 261 29 323.4 323.8 291.7 329.9 1.90 13 400 7575 -21.3 -38.7 19 17.4 -24.0 265 31 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.34 14 350 8545 -28.5 -44.8 19 16.3 -30.3 264 32 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.20 15 300 9632 -36.8 -46.3 37 9.5 -37.6 271 31 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.20 16 250 10865 -47.4 -52.8 54 5.3 -47.7 268 33 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.11 17 200 12307 -55.9 -66.9 24 10.9 -56.1 255 37 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 14113 -59.0 -79.6 5 20.6 -59.2 258 34 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16644 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 294 5 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.37 m Freezing level: 567.89 mb = 4896.45 m = 16064.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.98 mb = 4073.28 m = 13363.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.21 % Est. max temperature: 36.58 C = 97.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.53 mb = 1783.17 m = 5850.24 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 36.95 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.48 mb = 2713.49 m = 8902.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.19 C = 102.55 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -11.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -11.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 29.47 C K Index: 39.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 730.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4939.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 99.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.30 mb = 1892.13 m = 6207.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.30 mb = 3322.60 m = 10900.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.30 mb = 14226.66 m = 46674.83 ft B at Equ Level: 4884.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 198.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.75 Bulk Rich Number: 52.28 Bulk Shear: 94.48 m/s