MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.57,-98.66 Latitude: 45.57 Longitude: -98.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 961 427 28.3 21.5 66 6.9 23.3 152 17 304.9 308.1 297.8 355.7 16.99 2 950 531 27.9 20.8 65 7.1 22.7 155 25 305.5 308.6 297.7 354.7 16.45 3 900 1009 24.5 19.0 71 5.5 20.5 168 40 306.8 309.7 297.4 353.4 15.52 4 850 1508 21.1 17.3 79 3.8 18.5 188 40 308.3 311.1 297.3 353.1 14.82 5 800 2031 17.4 16.5 95 0.9 16.8 206 40 309.6 312.5 297.7 355.1 14.92 6 750 2581 14.2 11.0 81 3.2 12.1 236 34 312.0 314.0 295.7 345.9 11.04 7 700 3161 12.1 -0.7 41 12.8 5.2 256 28 315.9 316.9 292.4 332.5 5.21 8 650 3778 8.4 -9.7 27 18.1 0.2 246 30 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.7 2.80 9 600 4432 3.0 -13.0 30 16.0 -3.6 237 31 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.4 2.34 10 550 5128 -3.1 -20.4 25 17.3 -8.8 233 32 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.1 1.37 11 500 5873 -8.5 -34.2 11 25.7 -14.2 240 30 322.7 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.42 12 450 6682 -14.1 -28.2 29 14.1 -17.5 255 30 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.83 13 400 7562 -20.7 -32.4 34 11.7 -22.9 256 26 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.63 14 350 8536 -27.9 -40.1 30 12.3 -29.5 259 25 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 15 300 9623 -37.0 -44.6 45 7.6 -37.6 263 22 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.24 16 250 10855 -47.0 -56.9 31 9.9 -47.3 261 18 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 17 200 12302 -55.2 -64.2 32 9.0 -55.4 276 21 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.03 18 150 14138 -55.2 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 223 22 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16696 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 216 14 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.63 m Freezing level: 575.36 mb = 4774.99 m = 15665.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.39 mb = 3810.48 m = 12501.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.06 mb = 1304.20 m = 4278.83 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 30.86 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.10 mb = 2029.77 m = 6659.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -6.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2742.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.23 mb = 1648.76 m = 5409.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.23 mb = 3510.28 m = 11516.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.23 mb = 12930.70 m = 42423.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2725.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 507.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 506.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.26 Bulk Rich Number: 19.60 Bulk Shear: 139.88 m/s