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,-99.91 Latitude: 47.29 Longitude: -99.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 508 SFC 942 585 29.1 21.1 62 8.1 23.2 167 13 307.5 310.7 298.4 358.6 16.93 3 900 988 25.6 19.5 69 6.1 21.2 177 22 307.9 310.9 298.0 356.4 16.07 4 850 1489 20.7 18.4 87 2.3 19.1 183 24 307.8 310.8 297.9 355.9 15.89 5 800 2011 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 202 26 309.4 312.4 298.0 356.4 15.43 6 750 2560 12.8 12.3 97 0.5 12.4 222 25 310.4 312.7 296.0 347.2 12.04 7 700 3135 8.1 4.2 76 3.9 5.9 246 20 311.5 312.9 292.9 334.5 7.43 8 650 3744 4.5 -1.8 64 6.3 1.3 239 25 314.1 315.1 291.9 330.5 5.17 9 600 4390 0.2 -14.9 31 15.1 -5.5 226 34 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.0 2.01 10 550 5082 -3.0 -46.1 2 43.2 -10.8 225 40 320.6 320.6 289.0 321.0 0.11 11 500 5829 -7.5 -39.0 6 31.4 -13.8 227 40 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.26 12 450 6641 -13.2 -29.4 24 16.2 -17.0 229 37 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.74 13 400 7526 -19.4 -34.4 25 15.0 -22.2 227 33 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.6 0.52 14 350 8501 -27.6 -44.5 18 16.9 -29.6 226 32 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.21 15 300 9590 -36.4 -51.6 19 15.2 -37.5 214 27 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10826 -46.3 -58.6 24 12.3 -46.8 188 27 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.06 17 200 12273 -55.5 -64.9 30 9.4 -55.7 218 25 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14115 -53.6 -79.8 3 26.2 -54.1 209 25 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16689 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 219 14 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.25 m Freezing level: 596.60 mb = 4437.10 m = 14557.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.37 mb = 3864.30 m = 12677.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.07 mb = 1610.33 m = 5283.16 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 35.38 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1889.72 m = 6199.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.19 C Showalter Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 25.97 C K Index: 42.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3312.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.37 mb = 1731.45 m = 5680.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.37 mb = 2103.10 m = 6899.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.37 mb = 13262.07 m = 43510.21 ft B at Equ Level: 3253.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 137.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 53.84 Bulk Shear: 61.52 m/s