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: 48.06,-97.81 Latitude: 48.06 Longitude: -97.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 967 384 25.1 21.0 78 4.1 22.2 159 16 301.2 304.2 296.5 349.5 16.44 2 950 538 23.5 20.5 83 3.0 21.3 161 24 301.0 304.0 296.3 348.4 16.13 3 900 1008 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.1 164 34 301.2 304.1 296.0 347.1 15.58 4 850 1500 18.7 15.2 80 3.5 16.4 176 42 305.8 308.2 295.4 344.4 12.89 5 800 2020 16.8 8.6 59 8.2 11.7 188 38 309.0 310.7 293.3 335.9 8.81 6 750 2567 13.0 6.2 63 6.8 8.9 194 34 310.7 312.2 293.1 335.3 7.96 7 700 3144 9.6 -0.7 49 10.3 4.2 201 28 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.5 5.21 8 650 3753 4.9 -2.3 60 7.2 1.3 210 34 314.5 315.5 291.8 330.3 4.97 9 600 4402 1.5 -7.2 52 8.7 -2.5 231 29 317.9 318.6 291.7 329.9 3.71 10 550 5097 -3.3 -15.5 38 12.3 -7.8 238 31 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.2 2.07 11 500 5841 -9.7 -18.0 51 8.3 -12.5 239 38 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.5 1.85 12 450 6645 -15.6 -26.9 37 11.3 -18.3 248 29 323.6 323.8 290.8 326.9 0.94 13 400 7523 -21.2 -41.4 14 20.2 -24.1 254 20 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.4 0.25 14 350 8494 -27.5 -54.4 6 27.0 -29.7 243 29 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9585 -36.0 -49.0 25 13.0 -37.0 226 33 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.15 16 250 10823 -46.6 -51.7 56 5.2 -46.8 180 21 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.13 17 200 12265 -55.3 -62.1 42 6.8 -55.5 224 28 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 14103 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 241 24 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16692 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 210 10 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.34 m Freezing level: 584.03 mb = 4624.14 m = 15170.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3963.83 m = 13004.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.82 mb = 904.47 m = 2967.40 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1846.22 m = 6057.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.31 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.92 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1788.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.90 mb = 1076.53 m = 3531.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.90 mb = 3049.76 m = 10005.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.90 mb = 12332.32 m = 40459.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1787.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.90 mb = 15120.50 m = 49607.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.1 neg: -12.6 tot: 272.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.07 Bulk Rich Number: 23.89 Bulk Shear: 74.86 m/s