MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.25,-98.39 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 965 392 26.9 24.2 85 2.7 24.9 179 13 303.1 306.8 299.2 362.9 20.09 2 950 529 25.2 23.3 89 1.9 23.9 180 19 302.8 306.4 298.7 360.2 19.33 3 900 1005 23.9 20.8 83 3.1 21.6 198 35 306.1 309.3 298.4 358.4 17.40 4 850 1504 20.6 19.0 91 1.6 19.5 211 34 307.7 310.8 298.2 357.7 16.53 5 800 2026 16.8 13.0 78 3.8 14.3 235 29 309.0 311.2 295.5 344.9 11.82 6 750 2573 13.2 4.9 57 8.3 8.3 255 23 310.9 312.2 292.6 333.3 7.25 7 700 3151 11.5 -5.2 31 16.7 3.3 245 25 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.2 3.71 8 650 3764 7.0 -13.5 22 20.5 -1.4 238 33 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.7 2.07 9 600 4415 2.3 -14.7 27 17.1 -4.3 233 38 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.6 2.03 10 550 5111 -2.2 -28.5 11 26.2 -9.4 239 34 321.4 321.6 289.9 323.8 0.66 11 500 5859 -7.9 -18.2 44 10.3 -11.4 251 33 323.4 323.7 291.6 329.6 1.83 12 450 6669 -13.6 -29.0 26 15.4 -17.3 256 31 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.9 0.77 13 400 7553 -19.9 -35.4 24 15.4 -22.7 262 28 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.47 14 350 8525 -28.4 -42.5 25 14.0 -30.1 257 27 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.26 15 300 9612 -36.7 -54.4 14 17.7 -37.8 239 28 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.08 16 250 10847 -46.7 -58.6 25 11.9 -47.1 223 32 336.6 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 17 200 12292 -55.2 -65.0 28 9.9 -55.4 236 28 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14128 -54.5 -80.5 3 26.0 -54.9 233 24 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16690 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 203 16 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.28 m Freezing level: 574.33 mb = 4772.74 m = 15658.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.79 mb = 3577.57 m = 11737.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.49 mb = 730.29 m = 2395.93 ft T: 24.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 39.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1523.54 m = 4998.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -7.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.96 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3678.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.67 mb = 1184.37 m = 3885.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.67 mb = 1743.40 m = 5719.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.67 mb = 13455.26 m = 44144.03 ft B at Equ Level: 3618.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 253.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.74 Bulk Rich Number: 53.97 Bulk Shear: 68.15 m/s