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: 48.09,-98.78 Latitude: 48.09 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 959 448 25.5 22.2 82 3.3 23.1 164 19 302.3 305.5 297.7 355.1 17.85 2 950 527 25.3 21.7 81 3.6 22.7 165 26 302.8 306.1 297.6 354.6 17.47 3 900 1000 21.4 19.9 91 1.5 20.4 170 41 303.6 306.6 297.2 352.5 16.46 4 850 1495 18.2 17.3 95 0.9 17.6 176 41 305.2 308.0 296.5 349.5 14.81 5 800 2013 15.1 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 189 41 307.3 309.8 296.1 347.7 13.41 6 750 2559 11.9 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 201 34 309.4 311.6 295.4 344.4 11.47 7 700 3134 8.4 7.7 95 0.7 7.9 209 23 311.8 313.5 294.6 340.9 9.45 8 650 3744 5.5 3.0 84 2.5 4.1 220 22 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.3 7.35 9 600 4395 1.5 -5.9 58 7.4 -2.0 222 25 317.9 318.6 292.0 331.1 4.09 10 550 5088 -3.9 -19.4 29 15.6 -9.1 223 32 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.6 1.49 11 500 5832 -9.7 -33.1 13 23.3 -14.8 222 37 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.47 12 450 6638 -14.0 -37.4 12 23.4 -18.4 238 35 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.34 13 400 7520 -20.1 -42.1 12 22.0 -23.4 241 32 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.24 14 350 8495 -27.5 -44.5 18 16.9 -29.5 233 25 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.21 15 300 9584 -35.9 -43.7 45 7.8 -36.7 200 19 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.27 16 250 10828 -44.7 -48.3 67 3.6 -44.9 150 26 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.19 17 200 12281 -56.3 -60.6 58 4.3 -56.4 197 32 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.05 18 150 14113 -53.2 -79.3 3 26.1 -53.7 238 23 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 235 10 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.99 m Freezing level: 586.01 mb = 4588.95 m = 15055.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.58 mb = 4173.23 m = 13691.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.36 mb = 861.86 m = 2827.60 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 32.17 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1315.93 m = 4317.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -7.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 27.06 C K Index: 44.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2646.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.02 mb = 1184.87 m = 3887.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.02 mb = 1433.89 m = 4704.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.02 mb = 13094.02 m = 42958.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2584.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.02 mb = 16321.72 m = 53548.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.4 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 234.4 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.1 neg: -26.2 tot: 231.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.25 Bulk Rich Number: 48.59 Bulk Shear: 54.47 m/s