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: 47.47,-98.24 Latitude: 47.47 Longitude: -98.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 959 446 25.5 21.1 76 4.4 22.3 149 19 302.3 305.4 297.0 351.5 16.65 2 950 529 24.6 20.7 79 3.8 21.8 150 25 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.6 16.41 3 900 1001 20.1 19.3 95 0.7 19.6 155 37 302.2 305.1 296.4 349.2 15.90 4 850 1494 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 18.0 179 42 305.6 308.4 296.8 351.1 15.21 5 800 2014 16.4 12.7 79 3.7 13.9 208 32 308.6 310.8 295.2 343.8 11.58 6 750 2562 13.3 12.3 94 1.0 12.6 222 25 311.0 313.3 296.1 347.9 12.06 7 700 3140 9.6 6.6 81 3.0 7.8 214 25 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.3 8.76 8 650 3752 6.1 3.1 81 2.9 4.4 223 26 315.8 317.3 294.1 339.2 7.40 9 600 4404 2.4 -8.3 45 10.7 -2.4 237 27 318.9 319.6 291.7 330.1 3.42 10 550 5100 -3.2 -16.6 35 13.4 -8.0 236 34 320.3 320.7 290.8 326.8 1.90 11 500 5844 -9.5 -22.5 34 13.0 -13.3 236 38 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.8 1.26 12 450 6649 -15.1 -28.8 30 13.6 -18.3 247 30 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.0 0.79 13 400 7529 -20.6 -39.6 17 19.0 -23.5 251 24 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.4 0.31 14 350 8502 -27.2 -54.2 6 27.0 -29.5 234 27 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.07 15 300 9594 -35.7 -52.3 17 16.6 -36.9 210 40 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 16 250 10834 -46.2 -53.7 42 7.5 -46.6 178 28 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12276 -57.1 -61.3 59 4.2 -57.2 227 35 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14108 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 227 25 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16689 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 221 11 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.11 m Freezing level: 578.19 mb = 4707.85 m = 15445.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.88 mb = 4165.09 m = 13664.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.12 mb = 1009.52 m = 3312.03 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 22.13 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1502.18 m = 4928.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -6.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.06 C Cross Totals Index: 27.27 C K Index: 42.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2190.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.60 mb = 1149.98 m = 3772.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.60 mb = 2678.78 m = 8788.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.60 mb = 12960.92 m = 42522.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2130.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.60 mb = 15549.58 m = 51015.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.6 neg: -10.2 tot: 377.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.25 Bulk Rich Number: 16.93 Bulk Shear: 129.39 m/s