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,-98.77 Latitude: 47.29 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 957 464 24.2 22.5 91 1.6 23.0 147 13 301.1 304.4 297.7 354.9 18.26 2 950 530 23.9 22.2 90 1.7 22.6 149 18 301.4 304.7 297.5 354.4 17.96 3 900 1004 23.1 19.0 78 4.1 20.2 172 39 305.3 308.2 297.0 351.8 15.53 4 850 1501 19.2 17.8 91 1.4 18.2 182 41 306.2 309.1 297.1 351.9 15.22 5 800 2021 16.0 14.7 92 1.4 15.1 215 33 308.2 310.7 296.3 348.3 13.23 6 750 2567 12.5 9.6 83 2.9 10.6 245 26 310.1 312.0 294.5 340.8 10.05 7 700 3143 8.7 4.3 74 4.5 6.2 253 20 312.2 313.6 293.2 335.3 7.45 8 650 3754 6.5 -3.5 49 10.0 1.4 233 26 316.3 317.2 291.9 330.8 4.54 9 600 4405 2.0 -20.8 17 22.8 -5.7 225 36 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.6 1.22 10 550 5099 -3.8 -18.5 31 14.7 -8.8 223 41 319.5 319.9 290.3 325.0 1.61 11 500 5842 -9.2 -31.0 15 21.8 -14.3 224 39 321.8 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.57 12 450 6649 -14.6 -26.7 35 12.1 -17.6 234 34 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.95 13 400 7529 -20.7 -30.4 42 9.7 -22.7 235 32 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.8 0.76 14 350 8503 -27.4 -40.8 27 13.4 -29.2 238 33 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.31 15 300 9592 -36.2 -45.5 38 9.3 -37.0 214 31 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.22 16 250 10837 -44.2 -47.8 67 3.7 -44.4 166 24 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.20 17 200 12290 -57.0 -61.0 61 4.0 -57.1 140 17 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14118 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 230 26 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 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: 5765.01 m Freezing level: 582.69 mb = 4645.47 m = 15240.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.94 mb = 3880.96 m = 12732.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.81 mb = 671.18 m = 2202.00 ft T: 23.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 29.32 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.82 mb = 1594.02 m = 5229.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -7.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 26.94 C K Index: 41.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 568.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2617.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.35 mb = 1305.35 m = 4282.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.35 mb = 1974.51 m = 6477.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.35 mb = 12807.55 m = 42019.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2616.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 421.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 421.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.84 Bulk Rich Number: 24.82 Bulk Shear: 105.47 m/s