MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 48.35,-99.4 Latitude: 48.35 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 72 SFC 956 466 23.4 22.4 94 1.0 22.6 168 10 300.4 303.7 297.4 353.4 18.08 2 950 520 23.3 22.1 93 1.2 22.5 172 13 300.9 304.1 297.4 353.4 17.88 3 900 994 22.4 20.0 86 2.4 20.7 190 37 304.6 307.7 297.5 354.0 16.55 4 850 1490 19.4 17.0 86 2.4 17.8 217 37 306.5 309.2 296.7 350.1 14.52 5 800 2010 16.2 12.3 78 3.9 13.7 224 35 308.4 310.5 295.0 342.7 11.32 6 750 2556 12.3 6.2 67 6.0 8.6 219 33 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.4 7.97 7 700 3130 8.4 -2.8 45 11.3 2.7 221 33 311.8 312.7 290.5 325.8 4.43 8 650 3738 3.9 -7.8 42 11.7 -1.4 220 37 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.9 3.28 9 600 4382 -0.2 -16.1 29 15.9 -6.0 218 36 315.9 316.2 289.3 321.9 1.81 10 550 5073 -4.5 -20.5 27 16.1 -9.6 218 36 318.8 319.0 289.8 323.4 1.36 11 500 5815 -9.6 -20.6 40 11.0 -13.0 218 37 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.4 1.48 12 450 6620 -15.3 -23.0 52 7.6 -17.4 218 39 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.6 1.34 13 400 7499 -21.0 -26.6 60 5.6 -22.3 213 39 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.6 1.08 14 350 8472 -27.4 -31.5 68 4.1 -28.1 206 36 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.7 0.79 15 300 9564 -34.9 -38.3 71 3.5 -35.3 195 28 336.2 336.3 293.8 338.0 0.47 16 250 10810 -44.6 -48.2 67 3.6 -44.8 175 26 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.19 17 200 12265 -56.0 -60.0 60 4.1 -56.1 179 18 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14103 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 221 25 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16694 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 190 5 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.17 m Freezing level: 602.82 mb = 4345.88 m = 14257.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3530.37 m = 11582.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.29 mb = 591.73 m = 1941.33 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 32.15 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1569.39 m = 5148.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.02 C Showalter Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.64 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2783.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.47 mb = 1203.92 m = 3949.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.47 mb = 1973.29 m = 6473.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.47 mb = 12816.11 m = 42047.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2757.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.0 neg: -14.8 tot: 290.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.17 Bulk Rich Number: 53.17 Bulk Shear: 52.34 m/s