MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-104.23 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -104.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 582 SFC 940 674 21.0 11.9 56 9.0 15.3 167 3 299.4 301.1 290.8 326.9 9.37 3 900 1053 21.4 10.8 51 10.6 14.7 138 10 303.6 305.2 291.9 330.7 9.08 4 850 1544 17.3 9.3 60 7.9 12.4 100 9 304.2 305.8 291.8 330.3 8.71 5 800 2058 12.9 7.4 69 5.4 9.6 75 11 304.9 306.4 291.5 329.3 8.12 6 750 2596 8.1 4.4 78 3.6 6.1 73 11 305.3 306.7 290.7 326.6 7.03 7 700 3161 3.9 -5.4 51 9.3 -0.3 78 13 306.9 307.5 288.2 318.2 3.65 8 650 3760 1.2 -16.0 26 17.2 -4.9 81 10 310.4 310.7 287.4 315.9 1.69 9 600 4398 -2.8 -22.8 20 20.0 -8.7 83 8 312.8 313.0 287.5 316.3 1.02 10 550 5083 -5.9 -32.2 10 26.3 -12.0 80 7 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.46 11 500 5822 -10.4 -30.3 18 19.9 -15.0 54 4 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.6 0.62 12 450 6625 -15.6 -20.1 69 4.4 -17.0 12 5 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.5 1.73 13 400 7503 -21.7 -25.4 72 3.7 -22.6 7 5 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.0 1.21 14 350 8471 -29.0 -31.8 76 2.9 -29.5 80 3 329.7 329.8 292.4 332.5 0.76 15 300 9555 -37.9 -40.9 73 3.0 -38.2 120 3 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.36 16 250 10780 -49.2 -52.9 65 3.7 -49.3 53 3 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12219 -52.8 -70.0 11 17.2 -53.1 260 17 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 14071 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 276 27 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16615 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 316 14 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.01 m Freezing level: 634.81 mb = 3954.07 m = 12972.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.60 mb = 3131.06 m = 10272.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.16 mb = 1826.74 m = 5993.17 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.24 mb = 2615.63 m = 8581.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 0.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 27.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.97 mb = 2334.15 m = 7657.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.97 mb = 3057.12 m = 10029.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.97 mb = 3527.77 m = 11573.90 ft B at Equ Level: 21.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 508.97 mb = 5684.40 m = 18649.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.7 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 110.7 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -20.0 tot: -16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.97 Bulk Shear: 8.13 m/s