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: 47.55,-99.02 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 956 467 24.4 22.9 92 1.5 23.3 149 14 301.4 304.8 298.0 356.7 18.75 2 950 525 23.9 22.5 92 1.4 22.9 150 18 301.4 304.8 297.8 355.5 18.34 3 900 999 23.2 19.5 79 3.8 20.5 174 38 305.4 308.4 297.4 353.4 16.02 4 850 1496 19.5 18.1 92 1.4 18.5 189 39 306.6 309.5 297.4 353.5 15.59 5 800 2017 16.2 14.7 90 1.6 15.2 215 30 308.5 310.9 296.3 348.6 13.24 6 750 2563 12.3 9.6 84 2.7 10.6 244 21 309.9 311.8 294.5 340.7 10.08 7 700 3138 8.2 4.6 78 3.5 6.1 254 16 311.6 313.0 293.1 335.2 7.65 8 650 3748 5.8 -4.1 49 9.9 0.9 236 24 315.6 316.4 291.6 329.5 4.35 9 600 4398 1.6 -22.0 15 23.6 -6.1 224 32 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.7 1.10 10 550 5091 -3.7 -25.3 17 21.6 -9.9 224 39 319.6 319.8 289.6 322.7 0.89 11 500 5835 -8.7 -38.1 7 29.4 -14.5 226 37 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.5 0.29 12 450 6643 -14.2 -27.8 30 13.6 -17.5 233 35 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.86 13 400 7524 -20.5 -31.5 37 11.0 -22.7 231 32 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.9 0.69 14 350 8498 -27.4 -40.9 26 13.6 -29.1 235 30 331.9 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 15 300 9588 -36.3 -46.0 36 9.7 -37.1 211 33 334.2 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.21 16 250 10832 -44.3 -48.0 66 3.7 -44.5 175 29 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.20 17 200 12285 -56.8 -60.8 60 4.1 -56.9 160 25 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14116 -53.4 -79.6 3 26.2 -53.8 229 25 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16694 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 227 11 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.39 m Freezing level: 585.01 mb = 4605.71 m = 15110.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.56 mb = 3829.10 m = 12562.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.54 mb = 649.97 m = 2132.42 ft T: 23.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 31.79 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1579.35 m = 5181.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.76 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.48 C Showalter Index: -6.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 26.80 C K Index: 42.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2887.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.03 mb = 1273.32 m = 4177.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.03 mb = 1941.49 m = 6369.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.03 mb = 13061.38 m = 42851.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2851.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.03 mb = 16261.94 m = 53352.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.1 neg: -7.7 tot: 349.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.39 Bulk Rich Number: 32.00 Bulk Shear: 90.21 m/s