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: 47.42,-99.06 Latitude: 47.42 Longitude: -99.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 955 482 25.2 23.0 88 2.2 23.6 145 14 302.3 305.8 298.3 358.2 18.85 2 950 524 24.8 22.6 88 2.2 23.2 146 17 302.3 305.7 298.1 356.9 18.43 3 900 999 23.7 19.2 76 4.5 20.5 173 37 306.0 308.9 297.3 353.2 15.76 4 850 1497 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.3 186 39 306.7 309.6 297.1 352.4 15.16 5 800 2017 16.4 14.9 90 1.6 15.4 219 29 308.7 311.2 296.5 349.3 13.40 6 750 2565 12.6 10.0 84 2.6 10.9 247 23 310.3 312.2 294.8 341.9 10.33 7 700 3140 8.2 4.6 78 3.6 6.1 259 18 311.6 313.0 293.1 335.2 7.63 8 650 3749 5.3 -2.5 57 7.9 1.3 234 25 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.5 4.89 9 600 4398 1.5 -18.1 22 19.6 -5.5 225 33 317.8 318.1 289.7 323.0 1.53 10 550 5091 -3.6 -26.7 15 23.1 -10.1 225 40 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.5 0.78 11 500 5836 -8.7 -44.0 4 35.2 -14.7 228 37 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.15 12 450 6644 -14.1 -30.6 23 16.4 -17.8 236 36 325.5 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.67 13 400 7525 -20.3 -33.5 30 13.2 -22.8 234 33 328.5 328.7 291.9 330.6 0.56 14 350 8500 -27.4 -38.9 33 11.4 -29.0 235 31 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.2 0.38 15 300 9589 -36.0 -48.9 25 13.0 -37.0 210 33 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.15 16 250 10834 -44.7 -49.6 58 4.9 -45.0 172 29 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.3 0.17 17 200 12285 -56.8 -61.3 57 4.4 -56.9 159 20 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14116 -53.6 -79.8 3 26.2 -54.0 226 26 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16694 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 225 12 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.41 m Freezing level: 585.59 mb = 4598.13 m = 15085.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.37 mb = 3870.16 m = 12697.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.94 mb = 758.89 m = 2489.77 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 35.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1660.17 m = 5446.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.49 C Showalter Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 26.41 C K Index: 42.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2902.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.35 mb = 1381.33 m = 4531.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.35 mb = 2056.27 m = 6746.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.35 mb = 13086.39 m = 42933.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2864.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.35 mb = 16302.53 m = 53485.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 369.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.70 Bulk Rich Number: 28.82 Bulk Shear: 100.70 m/s