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: 47.29,-98.45 Latitude: 47.29 Longitude: -98.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 959 451 23.6 22.4 93 1.2 22.7 153 13 300.3 303.6 297.3 353.1 18.01 2 950 536 23.3 21.9 92 1.4 22.3 156 19 300.8 304.1 297.3 352.9 17.70 3 900 1010 22.2 19.0 82 3.2 20.0 171 39 304.4 307.3 296.8 350.9 15.59 4 850 1505 18.5 17.8 96 0.7 18.0 180 43 305.5 308.3 296.9 351.1 15.24 5 800 2025 15.8 15.1 95 0.7 15.3 204 42 308.0 310.6 296.4 349.2 13.61 6 750 2571 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 228 33 309.8 311.9 295.3 343.9 11.16 7 700 3146 9.0 5.3 78 3.7 6.8 242 21 312.4 313.9 293.6 337.2 8.00 8 650 3758 6.3 -3.6 49 9.9 1.3 235 23 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.6 4.51 9 600 4410 2.2 -15.3 26 17.5 -4.6 232 31 318.7 319.0 290.3 325.1 1.93 10 550 5104 -3.5 -15.4 39 11.9 -7.9 227 38 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.0 2.10 11 500 5848 -9.6 -22.9 33 13.3 -13.5 225 40 321.3 321.6 290.4 325.5 1.22 12 450 6655 -14.4 -32.2 20 17.8 -18.2 244 36 325.1 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.57 13 400 7534 -21.3 -31.4 40 10.1 -23.2 243 36 327.3 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.70 14 350 8504 -28.6 -34.9 55 6.2 -29.6 244 32 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.56 15 300 9591 -35.8 -39.4 69 3.7 -36.2 209 23 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.6 0.42 16 250 10839 -43.7 -47.2 68 3.5 -43.9 155 21 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12293 -57.2 -61.1 61 4.0 -57.3 147 12 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14121 -53.1 -80.7 2 27.7 -53.5 235 25 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16699 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 232 11 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.82 m Freezing level: 580.70 mb = 4677.71 m = 15346.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.83 mb = 3899.08 m = 12792.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.67 mb = 604.19 m = 1982.23 ft T: 23.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 25.98 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1451.34 m = 4761.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 27.39 C K Index: 42.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 581.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2459.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.41 mb = 1200.38 m = 3938.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.41 mb = 1966.83 m = 6452.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.41 mb = 12774.02 m = 41909.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2457.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.41 mb = 16363.76 m = 53686.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 471.5 neg: -9.2 tot: 462.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.18 Bulk Rich Number: 25.76 Bulk Shear: 95.48 m/s