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: 47.82,-98.86 Latitude: 47.82 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.3 21.5 80 3.8 22.6 151 17 302.3 305.4 297.3 353.0 17.16 2 950 522 24.9 21.1 79 3.9 22.2 151 22 302.5 305.6 297.1 352.1 16.78 3 900 994 20.5 19.8 96 0.6 20.1 156 31 302.6 305.6 296.9 351.1 16.41 4 850 1488 18.5 18.0 97 0.4 18.2 180 42 305.5 308.4 297.0 351.9 15.50 5 800 2007 16.0 14.8 93 1.2 15.1 202 33 308.2 310.7 296.3 348.5 13.31 6 750 2554 13.1 12.6 97 0.4 12.8 219 27 310.7 313.1 296.3 348.5 12.34 7 700 3132 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 232 28 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.1 10.43 8 650 3744 5.6 5.2 97 0.4 5.4 240 24 315.3 317.0 294.8 342.2 8.59 9 600 4396 2.1 -0.1 86 2.2 0.9 238 23 318.6 319.8 294.0 338.9 6.37 10 550 5092 -3.4 -13.2 47 9.7 -7.3 231 32 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.4 2.52 11 500 5836 -9.6 -23.7 31 14.1 -13.6 232 36 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.3 1.13 12 450 6640 -15.1 -32.8 21 17.6 -18.7 239 31 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.2 0.54 13 400 7520 -20.4 -43.9 10 23.4 -23.7 248 26 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.20 14 350 8493 -28.0 -45.0 18 17.0 -29.9 235 24 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.20 15 300 9582 -35.8 -54.1 14 18.3 -37.0 210 35 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 16 250 10822 -46.0 -55.8 32 9.8 -46.4 181 34 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.08 17 200 12264 -57.3 -61.0 63 3.7 -57.3 223 36 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 18 150 14099 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 220 25 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16690 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 216 13 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.89 m Freezing level: 581.03 mb = 4660.30 m = 15289.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.50 mb = 4470.04 m = 14665.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.56 mb = 940.23 m = 3084.72 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 23.20 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1283.81 m = 4211.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 27.61 C K Index: 45.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2542.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.33 mb = 1136.04 m = 3727.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.33 mb = 2110.29 m = 6923.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.33 mb = 12924.36 m = 42402.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2501.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.33 mb = 16061.69 m = 52695.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 360.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.55 Bulk Rich Number: 22.75 Bulk Shear: 111.78 m/s