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: 46.70,-98.61 Latitude: 46.70 Longitude: -98.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 959 453 27.3 21.9 72 5.4 23.3 154 15 304.1 307.3 297.9 356.1 17.47 2 950 534 26.9 21.0 70 5.9 22.6 156 22 304.5 307.6 297.5 354.3 16.69 3 900 1010 23.0 19.1 78 4.0 20.2 167 36 305.3 308.2 297.0 351.9 15.60 4 850 1507 18.8 17.9 94 0.9 18.2 178 38 305.9 308.7 297.1 352.0 15.39 5 800 2027 16.6 15.9 96 0.7 16.1 208 31 308.8 311.5 297.1 352.3 14.33 6 750 2575 13.5 12.3 93 1.2 12.7 234 29 311.2 313.5 296.3 348.2 12.08 7 700 3153 9.2 8.6 96 0.6 8.8 251 26 312.7 314.6 295.3 343.8 10.09 8 650 3765 6.2 -0.5 62 6.7 2.6 239 27 316.0 317.1 292.8 334.1 5.69 9 600 4416 2.0 -11.9 35 13.9 -3.8 231 35 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.9 2.56 10 550 5110 -3.7 -15.5 39 11.8 -8.0 226 39 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.7 2.08 11 500 5853 -9.4 -27.8 21 18.3 -14.1 226 40 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.3 0.78 12 450 6660 -14.5 -30.4 25 15.8 -18.1 238 37 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.5 0.68 13 400 7540 -20.6 -32.3 34 11.7 -22.8 237 34 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.64 14 350 8515 -27.4 -40.3 28 12.9 -29.1 241 30 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.33 15 300 9605 -36.0 -50.8 20 14.8 -37.1 197 21 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.12 16 250 10846 -45.7 -58.3 23 12.7 -46.2 163 16 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12292 -56.6 -61.5 54 4.9 -56.8 229 10 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14126 -54.2 -80.3 3 26.0 -54.6 223 25 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16695 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 224 12 415.0 415.0 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.38 m Freezing level: 582.55 mb = 4658.10 m = 15282.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.66 mb = 4023.35 m = 13199.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.47 mb = 1141.77 m = 3745.92 ft T: 21.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 28.01 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1637.69 m = 5372.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -7.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 27.38 C K Index: 45.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 581.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2657.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.64 mb = 1449.14 m = 4754.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.64 mb = 2344.61 m = 7692.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.64 mb = 12940.91 m = 42456.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2635.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 339.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.55 Bulk Rich Number: 23.28 Bulk Shear: 114.14 m/s