MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.2,-98.79 Latitude: 47.20 Longitude: -98.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 955 470 27.3 22.4 75 4.9 23.7 147 15 304.4 307.7 298.4 358.4 18.10 2 950 519 26.9 21.8 74 5.1 23.2 148 19 304.4 307.7 298.0 356.7 17.52 3 900 995 22.7 20.3 86 2.5 21.0 159 32 304.9 308.1 297.8 355.4 16.87 4 850 1492 19.1 18.4 96 0.7 18.7 178 37 306.2 309.1 297.5 353.9 15.91 5 800 2012 16.0 15.7 98 0.4 15.8 197 40 308.2 310.9 296.8 351.1 14.15 6 750 2559 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.8 219 35 310.3 312.5 295.5 344.9 11.30 7 700 3137 10.0 6.5 79 3.4 7.9 247 20 313.5 315.2 294.4 340.6 8.72 8 650 3750 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 3.7 254 20 316.9 318.1 293.6 337.1 6.36 9 600 4403 2.5 -14.4 27 16.9 -4.2 238 26 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.0 2.09 10 550 5098 -2.9 -22.1 21 19.2 -9.0 232 35 320.6 320.9 290.2 324.7 1.18 11 500 5843 -9.3 -23.4 31 14.1 -13.3 234 36 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.7 1.16 12 450 6649 -15.2 -31.1 24 16.0 -18.6 242 31 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.5 0.63 13 400 7528 -20.5 -43.9 11 23.3 -23.7 252 26 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.20 14 350 8501 -28.0 -44.7 19 16.6 -29.9 241 23 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.20 15 300 9589 -35.9 -54.4 13 18.5 -37.1 208 32 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.0 0.08 16 250 10832 -45.6 -55.9 30 10.3 -46.0 186 37 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 17 200 12276 -57.0 -62.4 50 5.4 -57.1 208 37 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 14108 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 219 25 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16687 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 224 13 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.64 m Freezing level: 576.93 mb = 4723.84 m = 15497.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.64 mb = 4048.66 m = 13282.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.06 mb = 1091.62 m = 3581.40 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 33.67 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1444.09 m = 4737.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.10 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -8.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 27.74 C K Index: 43.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 604.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3161.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.47 mb = 1315.03 m = 4314.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.47 mb = 1568.21 m = 5144.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.47 mb = 13218.72 m = 43367.99 ft B at Equ Level: 3104.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 426.6 neg: -5.6 tot: 421.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.22 Bulk Rich Number: 27.18 Bulk Shear: 116.29 m/s