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: 47.49,-99.03 Latitude: 47.49 Longitude: -99.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 956 471 24.7 23.0 90 1.7 23.5 147 14 301.7 305.2 298.1 357.2 18.79 2 950 525 24.2 22.5 90 1.7 23.0 148 18 301.7 305.1 297.9 356.0 18.38 3 900 999 23.5 19.3 78 4.2 20.5 174 38 305.7 308.7 297.3 353.3 15.88 4 850 1497 19.6 17.9 90 1.7 18.4 187 39 306.7 309.6 297.3 352.9 15.36 5 800 2017 16.3 14.7 90 1.6 15.3 218 30 308.5 311.0 296.4 348.8 13.28 6 750 2564 12.4 9.6 83 2.9 10.6 247 22 310.1 312.0 294.5 340.7 10.03 7 700 3139 8.2 4.4 77 3.8 5.9 257 17 311.5 313.0 293.0 334.7 7.49 8 650 3749 5.6 -4.1 49 9.8 0.8 235 25 315.3 316.2 291.5 329.2 4.33 9 600 4398 1.6 -20.9 17 22.5 -6.0 224 33 317.9 318.2 289.4 322.1 1.20 10 550 5091 -3.6 -26.3 15 22.7 -10.0 224 40 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.6 0.81 11 500 5835 -8.7 -42.0 5 33.3 -14.7 227 37 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.19 12 450 6644 -14.2 -29.1 27 14.9 -17.7 234 35 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.77 13 400 7525 -20.5 -32.1 35 11.6 -22.8 233 32 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.7 0.65 14 350 8499 -27.4 -39.8 30 12.4 -29.1 235 31 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.34 15 300 9588 -36.2 -47.6 30 11.4 -37.1 211 33 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.17 16 250 10833 -44.4 -48.4 64 4.0 -44.7 173 29 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.19 17 200 12285 -56.8 -61.0 59 4.2 -56.9 158 23 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14116 -53.4 -79.6 3 26.2 -53.9 228 26 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16694 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.8 -58.2 226 11 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.17 m Freezing level: 584.86 mb = 4608.04 m = 15118.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.20 mb = 3821.35 m = 12537.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.80 mb = 685.03 m = 2247.44 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 35.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1619.77 m = 5314.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.50 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 26.61 C K Index: 42.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2873.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.45 mb = 1319.61 m = 4329.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.45 mb = 1990.91 m = 6531.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.45 mb = 12869.75 m = 42223.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2873.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.0 neg: -4.5 tot: 367.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.63 Bulk Rich Number: 29.86 Bulk Shear: 96.25 m/s