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: 47.48,-97.75 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 966 391 25.5 20.8 75 4.7 22.2 152 18 301.7 304.6 296.5 349.5 16.23 2 950 536 23.9 20.1 79 3.8 21.2 154 28 301.5 304.4 296.2 347.9 15.79 3 900 1007 19.6 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 157 41 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.3 15.14 4 850 1499 19.0 15.0 78 4.0 16.3 177 43 306.1 308.4 295.3 344.3 12.74 5 800 2019 17.2 7.5 53 9.7 11.3 196 34 309.5 311.1 292.9 334.5 8.17 6 750 2567 14.3 2.2 44 12.1 7.5 202 28 312.1 313.3 291.9 330.9 6.01 7 700 3146 10.3 0.8 51 9.6 5.1 207 27 313.9 315.0 292.3 332.2 5.79 8 650 3757 5.6 -0.2 66 5.8 2.5 214 31 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.7 5.81 9 600 4408 2.1 -7.0 51 9.1 -2.1 236 29 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.8 3.76 10 550 5104 -3.0 -15.0 39 12.0 -7.6 242 32 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.7 2.16 11 500 5848 -9.6 -17.5 53 7.9 -12.3 242 38 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.93 12 450 6653 -15.4 -28.7 31 13.3 -18.4 251 31 323.9 324.1 290.8 326.8 0.80 13 400 7531 -21.0 -40.5 16 19.5 -23.9 257 23 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.8 0.28 14 350 8505 -26.8 -55.4 5 28.6 -29.2 235 33 332.6 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 15 300 9597 -35.8 -49.3 24 13.4 -36.9 220 34 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 16 250 10836 -46.4 -54.4 40 8.1 -46.7 167 25 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.09 17 200 12278 -57.0 -64.4 38 7.4 -57.1 229 35 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 14111 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 238 25 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16690 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 215 11 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.41 m Freezing level: 579.56 mb = 4692.36 m = 15394.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.20 mb = 4099.26 m = 13448.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.90 mb = 988.25 m = 3242.24 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.60 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2165.77 m = 7105.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.00 C = 93.20 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1650.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.70 mb = 1183.55 m = 3883.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.70 mb = 3424.97 m = 11236.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.70 mb = 12716.60 m = 41720.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1606.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.70 mb = 15184.86 m = 49818.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 355.1 neg: -13.6 tot: 341.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.56 Bulk Rich Number: 14.40 Bulk Shear: 114.61 m/s