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: 47.31,-98.61 Latitude: 47.31 Longitude: -98.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 958 456 23.7 22.5 93 1.2 22.8 151 13 300.5 303.8 297.4 353.8 18.16 2 950 533 23.4 22.0 92 1.4 22.4 153 19 300.9 304.1 297.3 353.1 17.76 3 900 1007 22.4 19.1 82 3.3 20.1 172 40 304.6 307.5 297.0 351.4 15.69 4 850 1502 18.8 17.8 94 1.0 18.1 181 43 305.8 308.7 297.0 351.6 15.27 5 800 2022 16.0 14.9 93 1.2 15.3 208 38 308.2 310.8 296.4 348.8 13.40 6 750 2568 12.0 9.8 86 2.2 10.6 235 29 309.6 311.6 294.5 340.8 10.21 7 700 3143 9.0 3.8 70 5.2 6.0 248 20 312.5 313.8 293.0 334.9 7.21 8 650 3756 6.9 -5.8 40 12.7 0.8 236 25 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.1 3.82 9 600 4408 2.3 -18.6 20 20.9 -5.1 228 35 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.8 1.47 10 550 5101 -4.0 -14.7 43 10.7 -8.0 223 40 319.4 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.22 11 500 5845 -9.6 -23.6 31 13.9 -13.6 219 40 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.3 1.14 12 450 6651 -14.3 -29.3 27 15.0 -17.8 236 34 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.75 13 400 7532 -20.7 -32.3 35 11.5 -22.9 238 34 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.64 14 350 8504 -28.1 -38.6 36 10.5 -29.5 242 34 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.3 0.39 15 300 9591 -36.2 -41.1 61 4.9 -36.7 213 26 334.4 334.4 293.3 335.7 0.35 16 250 10837 -43.8 -47.3 68 3.5 -44.0 158 23 341.0 341.0 294.8 341.8 0.21 17 200 12292 -56.9 -60.9 61 3.9 -57.1 140 15 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14119 -53.1 -80.9 2 27.8 -53.6 234 25 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16697 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 230 11 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.77 m Freezing level: 581.50 mb = 4664.52 m = 15303.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3838.90 m = 12594.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.60 mb = 610.73 m = 2003.70 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 27.81 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.68 mb = 1495.25 m = 4905.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -7.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 41.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2504.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.17 mb = 1219.49 m = 4000.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.17 mb = 1988.45 m = 6523.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.17 mb = 12849.76 m = 42157.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2490.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.17 mb = 15910.30 m = 52198.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.3 neg: -4.0 tot: 441.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.92 Bulk Rich Number: 25.80 Bulk Shear: 97.10 m/s