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: 47.72,-98.53 Latitude: 47.72 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 958 454 25.5 21.2 77 4.3 22.4 150 18 302.4 305.4 297.1 351.9 16.77 2 950 526 24.7 20.7 78 4.0 21.8 151 23 302.3 305.3 296.8 350.7 16.40 3 900 998 20.1 19.5 96 0.6 19.7 156 33 302.3 305.2 296.6 349.8 16.09 4 850 1491 18.6 18.0 96 0.6 18.1 180 43 305.6 308.5 297.0 351.8 15.41 5 800 2011 16.1 14.0 87 2.1 14.7 205 32 308.3 310.7 295.9 346.7 12.66 6 750 2558 13.2 11.1 87 2.1 11.9 221 25 310.9 313.0 295.5 345.0 11.13 7 700 3136 9.4 7.7 89 1.7 8.4 222 24 312.9 314.7 294.9 342.3 9.50 8 650 3748 6.0 3.8 86 2.2 4.7 228 24 315.8 317.3 294.4 340.2 7.78 9 600 4400 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -2.0 236 26 318.6 319.4 292.0 331.1 3.83 10 550 5095 -3.4 -17.7 32 14.3 -8.4 232 35 320.0 320.4 290.5 325.9 1.73 11 500 5839 -9.5 -22.2 35 12.7 -13.3 233 37 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.9 1.29 12 450 6644 -15.1 -28.7 30 13.6 -18.2 242 30 324.3 324.4 290.9 327.1 0.80 13 400 7523 -20.5 -44.6 10 24.2 -23.7 250 24 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.18 14 350 8497 -27.6 -51.3 9 23.7 -29.8 237 25 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 15 300 9587 -35.8 -52.5 16 16.7 -36.9 211 37 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.10 16 250 10827 -46.2 -54.4 39 8.2 -46.6 178 30 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.09 17 200 12268 -57.2 -61.6 57 4.4 -57.3 227 34 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14103 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 223 25 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16690 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 217 12 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.87 m Freezing level: 580.55 mb = 4670.31 m = 15322.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.01 mb = 4198.83 m = 13775.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.69 mb = 1000.80 m = 3283.42 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 25.91 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1455.63 m = 4775.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 27.49 C K Index: 44.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 594.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2308.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.59 mb = 1146.94 m = 3762.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.59 mb = 2562.60 m = 8407.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.59 mb = 12954.52 m = 42501.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2250.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.59 mb = 15548.53 m = 51011.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.2 neg: -5.4 tot: 352.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.16 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 113.35 m/s