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: 47.22,-98.63 Latitude: 47.22 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 958 458 24.2 22.4 90 1.8 22.9 149 13 301.0 304.4 297.5 354.2 18.08 2 950 532 24.0 21.8 87 2.2 22.5 151 19 301.6 304.8 297.4 353.4 17.58 3 900 1007 22.9 19.1 79 3.9 20.2 172 39 305.1 308.0 297.0 351.7 15.60 4 850 1503 18.9 17.9 94 1.0 18.2 181 42 306.0 308.8 297.1 352.1 15.37 5 800 2024 16.2 14.6 90 1.6 15.1 212 35 308.4 310.9 296.3 348.4 13.19 6 750 2570 12.2 9.4 83 2.8 10.4 239 27 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.2 9.96 7 700 3145 9.0 4.0 71 5.0 6.1 249 21 312.4 313.8 293.0 335.0 7.28 8 650 3757 6.8 -4.7 44 11.4 1.1 232 26 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.0 4.16 9 600 4409 2.3 -19.8 18 22.1 -5.4 227 36 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.3 1.32 10 550 5103 -3.9 -15.7 39 11.8 -8.2 223 41 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.3 2.05 11 500 5845 -9.6 -24.2 30 14.5 -13.7 221 40 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.0 1.08 12 450 6651 -14.7 -26.7 35 12.0 -17.7 234 34 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.2 0.96 13 400 7532 -20.7 -30.8 40 10.1 -22.8 238 32 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.7 0.73 14 350 8505 -27.6 -42.3 23 14.7 -29.4 241 34 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.26 15 300 9593 -36.2 -43.7 46 7.5 -36.9 216 29 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.27 16 250 10838 -44.0 -47.6 67 3.6 -44.3 164 22 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.21 17 200 12291 -57.2 -61.1 61 3.9 -57.3 141 13 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14119 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 231 25 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 228 11 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.65 m Freezing level: 581.41 mb = 4666.80 m = 15310.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.29 mb = 3866.81 m = 12686.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.25 mb = 688.52 m = 2258.90 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 28.76 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.92 mb = 1554.55 m = 5100.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.58 C Cross Totals Index: 27.56 C K Index: 41.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 587.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2584.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.97 mb = 1291.64 m = 4237.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.97 mb = 2066.28 m = 6779.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.97 mb = 13104.34 m = 42992.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2528.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.97 mb = 16327.89 m = 53568.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 429.4 neg: -2.9 tot: 426.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.88 Bulk Rich Number: 25.42 Bulk Shear: 101.69 m/s