MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 55.78,-98.08 Latitude: 55.78 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 990 244 27.3 17.0 53 10.3 20.3 230 6 301.3 303.6 293.8 337.9 12.42 2 950 602 22.5 20.2 87 2.3 20.9 240 9 300.0 302.9 295.8 346.6 15.89 3 900 1073 21.5 6.8 38 14.7 12.8 280 14 303.7 305.0 290.1 324.4 6.90 4 850 1564 17.0 5.8 48 11.2 10.5 291 16 304.0 305.3 290.2 324.6 6.83 5 800 2077 12.8 1.7 47 11.0 6.8 303 16 304.8 305.8 289.1 321.3 5.43 6 750 2614 8.6 -0.3 53 8.9 4.0 314 16 305.9 306.9 289.1 321.2 4.99 7 700 3180 4.3 -2.4 62 6.6 1.0 317 18 307.2 308.1 289.2 321.4 4.59 8 650 3779 0.5 -8.7 50 9.2 -3.4 312 20 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.2 3.04 9 600 4416 -3.4 -16.4 36 13.0 -7.9 311 22 312.1 312.5 288.1 317.9 1.76 10 550 5098 -7.9 -23.2 28 15.3 -12.2 316 23 314.7 315.0 288.2 318.4 1.07 11 500 5831 -13.1 -26.0 33 12.9 -16.3 320 27 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.2 0.91 12 450 6625 -18.4 -28.1 42 9.7 -20.5 326 29 320.1 320.2 289.7 323.0 0.84 13 400 7492 -25.0 -31.1 57 6.1 -26.1 328 33 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.1 0.71 14 350 8447 -32.6 -39.7 49 7.1 -33.4 331 37 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.35 15 300 9513 -41.4 -48.7 45 7.3 -41.8 336 41 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.15 16 250 10723 -51.1 -57.3 48 6.2 -51.3 336 46 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 17 200 12146 -57.5 -65.0 38 7.5 -57.7 329 49 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 13965 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 342 48 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16548 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 340 28 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.23 m Freezing level: 643.66 mb = 3859.80 m = 12663.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.44 mb = 3314.84 m = 10875.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.83 mb = 1545.47 m = 5070.39 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 22.15 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.66 mb = 2016.99 m = 6617.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 29.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1538.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.54 mb = 1648.53 m = 5408.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.54 mb = 2432.56 m = 7980.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.54 mb = 11639.55 m = 38187.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1530.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.54 mb = 14563.86 m = 47781.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 37.02 Bulk Shear: 41.55 m/s