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: 45.68,-100.22 Latitude: 45.68 Longitude: -100.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 501 SFC 945 547 33.6 22.9 54 10.7 25.6 134 14 311.7 315.3 300.5 370.0 18.95 3 900 988 28.9 21.6 64 7.4 23.5 139 22 311.3 314.8 300.1 367.5 18.30 4 850 1495 24.1 20.5 81 3.6 21.5 146 24 311.4 314.8 300.1 367.2 18.18 5 800 2023 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.5 169 26 313.0 315.8 298.4 358.5 14.74 6 750 2579 17.3 10.8 65 6.5 13.0 199 22 315.3 317.4 296.5 349.3 10.89 7 700 3166 15.2 -3.4 28 18.6 5.4 240 16 319.3 320.1 292.6 333.1 4.24 8 650 3787 10.1 -10.2 23 20.3 0.9 255 18 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.4 2.71 9 600 4445 4.1 -7.1 44 11.2 -1.2 258 23 320.9 321.6 292.6 333.1 3.74 10 550 5144 -2.4 -10.3 54 7.9 -5.8 249 26 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.7 3.16 11 500 5890 -9.1 -12.4 77 3.3 -10.4 251 25 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.7 2.94 12 450 6695 -15.7 -22.5 56 6.8 -17.6 259 29 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.4 1.40 13 400 7573 -21.1 -42.6 13 21.5 -24.1 265 31 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.22 14 350 8543 -28.4 -42.6 24 14.2 -30.1 263 31 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.26 15 300 9630 -36.8 -44.2 46 7.3 -37.5 270 30 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.25 16 250 10862 -47.4 -54.1 46 6.7 -47.7 269 33 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12302 -56.4 -65.4 31 9.0 -56.6 258 38 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14110 -58.6 -79.2 5 20.6 -58.8 256 35 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16643 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 318 8 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.67 m Freezing level: 568.54 mb = 4884.66 m = 16025.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.70 mb = 4061.15 m = 13323.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.43 % Est. max temperature: 35.07 C = 95.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.12 mb = 1902.90 m = 6243.04 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 40.60 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2214.63 m = 7265.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.65 C = 96.18 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -11.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -17.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -11.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.19 C Cross Totals Index: 29.64 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 741.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5310.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 103.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.06 mb = 1925.09 m = 6315.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.06 mb = 2532.43 m = 8308.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.06 mb = 2878.44 m = 9443.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 202.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.38 Bulk Rich Number: 50.85 Bulk Shear: 104.44 m/s