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: 47.55,-98.70 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 957 460 25.6 21.6 79 4.0 22.7 148 17 302.6 305.7 297.4 353.6 17.25 2 950 523 25.1 21.1 78 4.1 22.2 149 22 302.7 305.8 297.1 352.4 16.78 3 900 996 20.7 19.9 95 0.8 20.1 155 34 302.8 305.9 297.0 351.5 16.43 4 850 1490 18.6 18.1 97 0.5 18.2 180 41 305.6 308.5 297.1 352.2 15.56 5 800 2010 16.2 14.8 92 1.3 15.3 203 35 308.4 310.9 296.4 348.9 13.37 6 750 2557 13.2 12.8 97 0.4 12.9 223 27 310.9 313.3 296.4 349.1 12.48 7 700 3135 9.4 8.7 96 0.7 8.9 237 22 312.9 314.8 295.3 344.2 10.15 8 650 3747 6.2 4.6 89 1.6 5.2 246 21 316.0 317.6 294.7 341.8 8.21 9 600 4400 2.2 -4.7 60 6.9 -1.2 239 24 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.1 4.49 10 550 5095 -3.4 -18.9 29 15.5 -8.7 231 34 320.0 320.3 290.4 325.3 1.56 11 500 5839 -9.3 -24.4 28 15.0 -13.5 232 37 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.4 1.06 12 450 6645 -15.2 -29.6 28 14.4 -18.4 240 31 324.2 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.73 13 400 7524 -20.3 -46.8 7 26.5 -23.7 251 25 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.14 14 350 8498 -27.8 -48.0 13 20.2 -29.8 236 24 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.14 15 300 9587 -35.8 -53.3 15 17.4 -37.0 208 35 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.09 16 250 10828 -45.9 -57.0 28 11.1 -46.4 183 33 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.07 17 200 12270 -57.2 -61.2 60 4.0 -57.3 221 36 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 18 150 14104 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 221 26 380.1 380.1 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16688 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 220 12 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.89 m Freezing level: 580.60 mb = 4669.91 m = 15321.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.39 mb = 4273.71 m = 14021.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.01 mb = 966.37 m = 3170.47 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 23.78 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1355.95 m = 4448.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -7.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 45.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 587.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2557.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.93 mb = 1161.17 m = 3809.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.93 mb = 2138.59 m = 7016.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.93 mb = 13015.28 m = 42700.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2504.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.93 mb = 16201.62 m = 53154.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 247.0 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): 20.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.5 neg: -5.5 tot: 390.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.32 Bulk Rich Number: 20.61 Bulk Shear: 124.13 m/s