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: 47.28,-98.78 Latitude: 47.28 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 957 465 24.3 22.5 90 1.7 23.0 147 13 301.2 304.5 297.7 355.0 18.26 2 950 530 24.0 22.2 90 1.8 22.7 149 18 301.5 304.8 297.6 354.5 17.97 3 900 1004 23.2 19.0 77 4.2 20.2 172 39 305.4 308.3 297.0 351.8 15.50 4 850 1501 19.2 17.8 91 1.4 18.2 182 41 306.3 309.1 297.1 352.0 15.22 5 800 2021 16.0 14.6 92 1.4 15.1 216 33 308.2 310.7 296.3 348.2 13.21 6 750 2567 12.5 9.7 83 2.9 10.7 245 26 310.2 312.1 294.6 341.0 10.10 7 700 3143 8.7 4.4 74 4.3 6.2 253 20 312.1 313.6 293.2 335.5 7.54 8 650 3754 6.4 -3.1 51 9.5 1.5 233 26 316.2 317.1 292.0 331.2 4.69 9 600 4405 2.0 -20.6 17 22.6 -5.7 225 36 318.4 318.7 289.6 322.6 1.23 10 550 5099 -3.8 -19.0 30 15.2 -8.9 224 41 319.6 319.9 290.2 324.8 1.55 11 500 5842 -9.2 -32.2 13 23.1 -14.4 225 39 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.7 0.51 12 450 6649 -14.6 -26.8 35 12.2 -17.6 234 35 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.95 13 400 7529 -20.7 -30.2 42 9.4 -22.7 234 32 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.9 0.78 14 350 8503 -27.4 -40.4 28 13.1 -29.1 238 33 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.32 15 300 9592 -36.2 -46.2 35 10.0 -37.0 214 31 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.20 16 250 10837 -44.2 -47.9 66 3.7 -44.5 167 24 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.20 17 200 12289 -57.0 -61.0 60 4.0 -57.1 140 16 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14118 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 229 26 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16696 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 227 11 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.23 m Freezing level: 582.80 mb = 4643.78 m = 15235.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.29 mb = 3889.21 m = 12759.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.55 mb = 682.86 m = 2240.34 ft T: 23.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 29.34 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1602.01 m = 5255.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -7.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 26.91 C K Index: 41.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2625.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.21 mb = 1316.70 m = 4319.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.21 mb = 1986.63 m = 6517.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.21 mb = 12846.71 m = 42147.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2618.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 418.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.82 Bulk Rich Number: 24.71 Bulk Shear: 106.25 m/s