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: 47.07,-98.63 Latitude: 47.07 Longitude: -98.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 457 25.6 22.3 82 3.3 23.2 151 13 302.4 305.7 297.8 355.4 17.91 2 950 533 25.5 21.4 78 4.2 22.5 154 19 303.1 306.3 297.4 353.9 17.11 3 900 1009 23.0 19.2 79 3.8 20.3 171 38 305.2 308.1 297.1 352.2 15.71 4 850 1505 18.9 17.9 94 1.0 18.2 178 41 306.0 308.8 297.1 352.2 15.40 5 800 2025 16.4 15.0 91 1.4 15.5 211 32 308.6 311.2 296.5 349.7 13.54 6 750 2572 12.5 10.0 85 2.5 10.9 237 27 310.2 312.1 294.8 341.8 10.36 7 700 3148 8.6 5.0 78 3.7 6.5 247 21 312.1 313.5 293.4 336.3 7.83 8 650 3759 6.3 -1.7 56 8.0 2.1 232 26 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.6 5.18 9 600 4410 2.1 -17.3 22 19.4 -5.0 228 35 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.1 1.64 10 550 5104 -3.8 -16.6 36 12.8 -8.4 224 41 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.0 1.89 11 500 5847 -9.6 -27.6 22 18.0 -14.2 225 40 321.4 321.5 290.0 324.2 0.79 12 450 6654 -14.7 -25.7 39 11.0 -17.5 235 37 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.5 1.05 13 400 7533 -21.0 -27.9 54 6.9 -22.5 237 33 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.2 0.97 14 350 8506 -27.3 -40.4 28 13.1 -29.0 240 33 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.32 15 300 9597 -35.9 -48.7 26 12.8 -36.9 215 30 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.15 16 250 10842 -44.5 -48.9 61 4.4 -44.8 170 21 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.6 0.18 17 200 12290 -57.4 -61.5 59 4.1 -57.5 157 9 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 14120 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.9 227 26 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16696 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 226 11 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.57 m Freezing level: 582.10 mb = 4658.63 m = 15284.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.40 mb = 3943.68 m = 12938.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.23 mb = 880.26 m = 2887.95 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 31.35 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.38 mb = 1582.08 m = 5190.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 27.51 C K Index: 42.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2678.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.54 mb = 1367.65 m = 4486.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.54 mb = 2147.63 m = 7045.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.54 mb = 13012.33 m = 42690.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2646.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.54 mb = 16175.35 m = 53068.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.1 neg: -3.3 tot: 365.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.13 Bulk Rich Number: 26.74 Bulk Shear: 100.17 m/s