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: 46.72,-102.79 Latitude: 46.72 Longitude: -102.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 1 950 467 SFC 915 804 34.1 19.3 42 14.8 23.3 138 13 315.2 318.2 299.4 363.7 15.61 3 900 958 32.7 18.6 43 14.0 22.5 141 20 315.2 318.1 299.2 362.4 15.18 4 850 1470 27.8 17.5 54 10.2 20.4 147 23 315.2 318.1 299.1 361.9 15.02 5 800 2003 22.6 16.4 68 6.2 18.2 153 24 315.2 318.1 299.0 361.5 14.85 6 750 2562 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.0 163 24 315.5 318.4 299.1 361.8 14.86 7 700 3148 12.7 10.6 87 2.1 11.3 190 21 316.6 318.8 297.3 352.8 11.59 8 650 3766 8.7 -1.2 50 9.8 3.4 229 16 318.8 319.8 293.3 336.1 5.41 9 600 4421 3.3 -12.6 30 15.9 -3.3 243 15 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.0 2.42 10 550 5118 -3.1 -16.6 35 13.5 -8.0 241 18 320.4 320.8 290.8 326.8 1.90 11 500 5864 -9.0 -23.3 30 14.3 -13.2 253 20 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.1 1.17 12 450 6669 -15.0 -27.7 33 12.7 -18.0 257 24 324.4 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.87 13 400 7548 -21.5 -32.3 37 10.8 -23.6 254 29 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.3 0.63 14 350 8517 -27.9 -45.5 17 17.5 -29.9 259 31 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.19 15 300 9608 -35.5 -49.0 24 13.5 -36.5 277 27 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.15 16 250 10849 -45.8 -49.4 67 3.6 -46.0 283 36 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12288 -59.2 -63.1 60 4.0 -59.2 287 43 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.04 18 150 14082 -57.8 -81.1 4 23.3 -58.0 256 31 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16632 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.0 266 18 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.85 m Freezing level: 574.18 mb = 4781.29 m = 15686.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.85 mb = 4089.22 m = 13415.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.70 % Est. max temperature: 34.41 C = 93.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.69 mb = 2679.19 m = 8789.88 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 35.67 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.39 mb = 2845.08 m = 9334.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.99 C = 94.98 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -10.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -9.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 63.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.76 C Cross Totals Index: 26.56 C K Index: 52.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 708.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4376.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.81 mb = 2747.02 m = 9012.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.81 mb = 2922.47 m = 9588.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.81 mb = 13725.82 m = 45031.67 ft B at Equ Level: 4351.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.8 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 237.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 142.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.16 Bulk Rich Number: 71.62 Bulk Shear: 61.10 m/s