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: 47.56,-99.40 Latitude: 47.56 Longitude: -99.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 953 490 27.3 23.1 78 4.2 24.2 151 14 304.6 308.1 299.0 361.2 18.94 2 950 517 26.8 22.5 77 4.3 23.6 151 15 304.4 307.8 298.5 359.2 18.36 3 900 994 23.8 20.0 80 3.7 21.1 175 30 306.0 309.1 297.9 355.9 16.61 4 850 1492 19.9 18.3 90 1.6 18.8 187 35 307.0 310.0 297.6 354.5 15.77 5 800 2014 16.6 15.1 91 1.5 15.5 218 25 308.8 311.4 296.7 350.1 13.60 6 750 2561 12.4 10.5 89 1.8 11.2 242 19 310.0 312.0 295.0 342.8 10.73 7 700 3136 7.9 5.0 82 2.9 6.2 259 18 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.4 7.82 8 650 3744 4.6 -0.0 72 4.6 2.1 234 25 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.7 5.89 9 600 4392 0.8 -15.5 28 16.3 -5.4 224 32 317.0 317.4 289.8 323.4 1.91 10 550 5084 -3.6 -33.8 8 30.2 -10.7 224 40 319.8 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.40 11 500 5829 -8.3 -37.3 8 29.0 -14.2 226 38 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.31 12 450 6638 -13.9 -26.4 34 12.6 -17.1 232 37 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.3 0.98 13 400 7521 -19.8 -33.4 29 13.6 -22.4 231 34 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.3 0.57 14 350 8496 -27.3 -43.0 21 15.7 -29.2 230 33 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.25 15 300 9586 -35.9 -49.4 24 13.5 -36.9 204 33 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.14 16 250 10830 -45.3 -53.9 38 8.6 -45.7 175 34 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.10 17 200 12278 -56.4 -61.8 51 5.4 -56.5 190 23 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14116 -53.8 -79.9 3 26.1 -54.2 218 26 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16691 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 226 12 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.91 m Freezing level: 591.37 mb = 4511.33 m = 14800.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.81 mb = 3922.93 m = 12870.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.48 mb = 1028.12 m = 3373.05 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 39.99 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1605.72 m = 5268.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.41 C Showalter Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.60 C K Index: 43.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 546.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3329.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.46 mb = 1405.95 m = 4612.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.46 mb = 1870.16 m = 6135.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.46 mb = 13187.49 m = 43265.52 ft B at Equ Level: 3292.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.3 neg: -14.6 tot: 233.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.13 Bulk Rich Number: 43.08 Bulk Shear: 77.30 m/s