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: 47.29,-98.87 Latitude: 47.29 Longitude: -98.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 955 475 26.8 22.4 77 4.4 23.6 148 15 303.9 307.3 298.3 358.0 18.16 2 950 518 26.5 21.8 75 4.8 23.0 148 19 304.1 307.3 298.0 356.3 17.52 3 900 994 22.4 20.2 87 2.2 20.9 158 31 304.6 307.7 297.7 354.8 16.82 4 850 1490 19.1 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 179 38 306.1 309.1 297.4 353.5 15.80 5 800 2010 16.1 15.7 97 0.4 15.8 197 40 308.3 311.0 296.9 351.1 14.14 6 750 2558 12.9 11.7 93 1.2 12.1 218 34 310.5 312.7 295.7 346.0 11.60 7 700 3135 9.9 7.4 85 2.5 8.3 246 21 313.4 315.2 294.8 342.3 9.29 8 650 3749 6.8 3.0 76 3.8 4.6 257 19 316.7 318.1 294.3 339.8 7.32 9 600 4402 2.3 -9.8 41 12.0 -3.0 237 24 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.7 3.03 10 550 5097 -3.0 -23.6 19 20.6 -9.3 231 34 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.1 1.03 11 500 5842 -9.3 -24.5 28 15.3 -13.5 233 36 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.4 1.05 12 450 6647 -15.1 -32.4 21 17.3 -18.7 241 31 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.3 0.56 13 400 7527 -20.4 -44.2 10 23.8 -23.7 250 27 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.19 14 350 8500 -28.1 -43.3 22 15.2 -29.9 239 24 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.24 15 300 9588 -35.9 -55.4 12 19.5 -37.1 209 32 334.7 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10830 -45.7 -56.5 29 10.8 -46.2 187 37 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.07 17 200 12273 -57.1 -62.5 51 5.4 -57.2 210 37 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14106 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 219 25 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16687 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.7 223 13 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.69 m Freezing level: 578.47 mb = 4701.22 m = 15423.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.87 mb = 4136.15 m = 13569.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.32 mb = 1029.47 m = 3377.50 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 33.90 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1434.62 m = 4706.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: -7.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 27.61 C K Index: 44.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 595.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3090.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.14 mb = 1286.93 m = 4222.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.14 mb = 1641.66 m = 5385.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.14 mb = 13118.92 m = 43040.56 ft B at Equ Level: 3048.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.9 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 247.9 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 421.5 neg: -4.0 tot: 417.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.96 Bulk Rich Number: 27.51 Bulk Shear: 112.35 m/s