MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 45.47,-99.96 Latitude: 45.47 Longitude: -99.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 591 SFC 950 593 18.8 18.5 98 0.3 18.7 19 7 296.3 298.9 293.7 337.5 14.30 3 900 1055 16.4 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 70 14 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.2 12.99 4 850 1541 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.1 95 14 301.0 303.2 293.3 336.0 11.89 5 800 2051 11.7 11.5 99 0.2 11.6 116 15 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.5 10.72 6 750 2590 8.7 8.6 99 0.2 8.6 134 15 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.3 9.38 7 700 3159 5.5 5.4 99 0.1 5.5 150 12 308.6 310.1 292.6 333.2 8.06 8 650 3763 2.1 2.0 99 0.2 2.1 186 10 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.5 6.81 9 600 4406 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.5 226 11 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.4 5.66 10 550 5095 -4.9 -5.4 96 0.5 -5.1 247 15 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.3 4.65 11 500 5839 -9.2 -10.1 93 0.9 -9.6 252 18 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.5 3.55 12 450 6647 -14.5 -16.0 88 1.5 -15.0 255 19 325.0 325.4 292.6 333.2 2.43 13 400 7528 -20.7 -23.2 80 2.5 -21.4 266 13 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.3 1.48 14 350 8501 -27.7 -30.7 75 3.0 -28.3 256 5 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.5 0.85 15 300 9588 -37.3 -40.6 71 3.3 -37.7 123 2 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.37 16 250 10816 -48.6 -52.5 64 3.9 -48.8 33 8 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12252 -53.4 -70.5 11 17.1 -53.7 296 22 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14088 -56.0 -82.3 2 26.3 -56.3 307 34 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16624 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 319 27 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.98 m Freezing level: 619.49 mb = 4154.98 m = 13631.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.03 mb = 4128.88 m = 13546.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.11 mb = 626.50 m = 2055.43 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 5.11 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 1102.86 m = 3618.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.14 C = 70.06 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 372.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.32 mb = 1089.60 m = 3574.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.32 mb = 1330.09 m = 4363.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.32 mb = 11043.88 m = 36232.77 ft B at Equ Level: 370.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.32 mb = 12535.57 m = 41126.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.4 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 223.4 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 5.35 Bulk Shear: 69.57 m/s