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: 47.41,-98.63 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -98.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 457 23.4 22.6 95 0.8 22.8 152 13 300.2 303.5 297.4 353.8 18.28 2 950 533 23.0 22.2 95 0.8 22.4 155 19 300.5 303.8 297.3 353.3 17.96 3 900 1006 21.8 19.4 86 2.4 20.1 172 40 304.0 306.9 297.0 351.4 15.93 4 850 1501 18.6 17.8 95 0.8 18.0 182 43 305.6 308.5 296.9 351.3 15.24 5 800 2021 15.9 15.2 95 0.7 15.4 204 40 308.1 310.7 296.5 349.6 13.70 6 750 2567 12.1 10.5 90 1.6 11.0 232 30 309.7 311.7 294.8 342.2 10.67 7 700 3142 8.8 4.4 74 4.4 6.3 246 20 312.3 313.7 293.2 335.6 7.52 8 650 3754 6.8 -5.2 42 12.0 0.9 240 23 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.5 3.99 9 600 4406 2.2 -17.5 22 19.7 -5.0 230 33 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.1 1.61 10 550 5100 -3.9 -14.9 42 11.0 -8.0 224 40 319.5 319.9 290.8 326.8 2.19 11 500 5843 -9.3 -25.3 26 16.0 -13.7 220 39 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.1 0.98 12 450 6650 -14.2 -30.3 24 16.2 -17.8 237 34 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.68 13 400 7531 -20.9 -31.8 37 10.9 -23.0 239 34 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.67 14 350 8502 -28.3 -36.1 47 7.8 -29.5 243 34 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.4 0.50 15 300 9589 -36.1 -40.0 67 3.9 -36.5 211 26 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.0 0.39 16 250 10836 -43.7 -47.2 68 3.5 -44.0 156 23 341.1 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.22 17 200 12292 -56.6 -60.5 61 4.0 -56.6 141 17 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14119 -53.0 -79.9 2 26.9 -53.5 236 25 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16699 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 231 11 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.88 m Freezing level: 581.76 mb = 4658.89 m = 15284.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.37 mb = 3850.15 m = 12631.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.02 mb = 560.64 m = 1839.36 ft T: 22.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 29.67 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1415.67 m = 4644.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 27.12 C K Index: 41.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 562.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2482.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.16 mb = 1139.95 m = 3739.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.16 mb = 1901.94 m = 6239.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.16 mb = 12920.30 m = 42388.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2450.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.16 mb = 16025.38 m = 52576.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.2 neg: -6.7 tot: 433.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.78 Bulk Rich Number: 26.81 Bulk Shear: 92.61 m/s