MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-100.37 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -100.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 953 589 27.3 11.5 37 15.8 17.2 203 7 304.6 306.3 292.2 331.6 9.00 2 950 621 25.7 10.5 38 15.2 16.1 203 7 303.3 304.8 291.3 328.5 8.43 3 900 1092 20.7 9.1 47 11.6 13.6 203 7 302.9 304.4 290.9 327.0 8.09 4 850 1582 16.2 6.0 51 10.2 10.3 197 7 303.1 304.4 289.9 323.8 6.91 5 800 2093 12.0 1.3 48 10.8 6.3 148 8 304.0 305.0 288.7 319.9 5.25 6 750 2629 7.3 1.6 67 5.7 4.3 122 10 304.5 305.6 289.3 321.9 5.74 7 700 3193 3.3 -2.1 68 5.4 0.6 109 9 306.1 307.0 288.9 320.5 4.68 8 650 3789 -0.2 -8.5 54 8.2 -3.7 90 6 308.7 309.3 288.2 318.5 3.10 9 600 4427 -2.9 -23.7 18 20.8 -8.9 35 7 312.8 313.0 287.4 316.0 0.94 10 550 5111 -6.3 -29.3 14 23.0 -11.9 67 7 316.6 316.8 288.3 318.8 0.62 11 500 5848 -11.6 -17.0 64 5.4 -13.4 46 7 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.6 2.01 12 450 6648 -16.9 -28.2 37 11.3 -19.4 83 4 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.0 0.84 13 400 7518 -24.2 -33.1 44 8.9 -25.8 74 5 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.59 14 350 8476 -31.7 -46.3 22 14.6 -33.1 103 6 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.17 15 300 9547 -40.1 -55.4 18 15.2 -40.9 105 4 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.07 16 250 10763 -49.7 -58.7 34 9.0 -50.0 78 1 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 17 200 12196 -57.0 -66.6 29 9.6 -57.2 153 7 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.02 18 150 14020 -55.4 -82.2 2 26.8 -55.8 343 14 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16580 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 342 11 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.35 m Freezing level: 653.34 mb = 3749.59 m = 12301.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.73 mb = 3276.74 m = 10750.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 79.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.51 mb = 2557.21 m = 8389.68 ft T: 7.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 11.67 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2844.52 m = 9332.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 2.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.81 C Cross Totals Index: 17.61 C K Index: 28.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.16 mb = 2605.10 m = 8546.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.16 mb = 3701.27 m = 12143.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 647.16 mb = 3824.38 m = 12547.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 627.16 mb = 4074.39 m = 13367.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.0 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 134.0 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -18.8 tot: -18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 15.08 m/s