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: 48.99,-99.4 Latitude: 48.99 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 58 SFC 951 497 23.8 22.2 91 1.6 22.6 145 10 301.2 304.5 297.5 354.2 17.98 2 950 508 24.2 22.2 89 2.0 22.8 148 12 301.7 305.0 297.7 354.8 17.98 3 900 982 22.4 20.2 87 2.2 20.8 167 31 304.6 307.7 297.6 354.5 16.74 4 850 1478 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.4 172 35 305.6 308.5 297.3 353.0 15.83 5 800 1998 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 185 37 307.7 310.4 296.6 349.9 13.95 6 750 2543 11.9 11.6 98 0.3 11.7 201 34 309.5 311.7 295.4 344.6 11.51 7 700 3118 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 217 27 312.0 313.7 294.0 338.7 8.64 8 650 3729 6.1 -1.0 61 7.0 2.3 233 25 315.8 316.9 292.6 333.3 5.49 9 600 4380 1.8 -15.1 27 16.9 -4.7 226 25 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.9 1.98 10 550 5073 -3.6 -35.0 7 31.3 -10.8 210 33 319.8 319.8 289.0 321.1 0.36 11 500 5818 -8.5 -48.3 2 39.8 -14.7 214 32 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.10 12 450 6628 -13.1 -38.3 10 25.2 -17.8 219 28 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.31 13 400 7512 -19.7 -35.3 24 15.5 -22.5 212 29 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.1 0.47 14 350 8488 -27.4 -46.2 15 18.9 -29.4 205 31 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 15 300 9579 -35.6 -47.9 27 12.3 -36.6 180 35 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.17 16 250 10821 -46.0 -53.9 40 7.9 -46.4 173 35 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.10 17 200 12261 -56.7 -61.9 52 5.2 -56.9 202 32 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14108 -51.9 -78.5 3 26.5 -52.5 234 26 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.01 19 100 16692 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 224 8 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.09 m Freezing level: 583.23 mb = 4612.60 m = 15133.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.47 mb = 3938.52 m = 12921.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.26 mb = 701.74 m = 2302.27 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 33.75 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.38 mb = 1342.64 m = 4404.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -7.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.12 C Showalter Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.83 C K Index: 43.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2886.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.83 mb = 1188.84 m = 3900.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.83 mb = 1439.08 m = 4721.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.83 mb = 13161.80 m = 43181.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2817.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.8 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 233.8 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 299.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.21 Bulk Rich Number: 54.84 Bulk Shear: 52.64 m/s