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: 48.28,-98.18 Latitude: 48.28 Longitude: -98.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 459 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 22.0 156 15 301.6 304.6 296.7 350.1 16.45 2 950 535 23.9 20.6 82 3.3 21.5 158 20 301.4 304.4 296.5 349.2 16.24 3 900 1006 19.5 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 164 29 301.6 304.5 296.3 348.2 15.84 4 850 1497 17.4 16.8 96 0.6 17.0 178 44 304.4 307.0 296.0 347.1 14.33 5 800 2016 16.1 10.9 71 5.3 12.7 189 40 308.4 310.3 294.2 339.6 10.28 6 750 2562 12.9 5.4 60 7.5 8.5 195 35 310.5 312.0 292.7 333.7 7.52 7 700 3138 9.2 1.7 59 7.5 5.0 200 29 312.7 313.8 292.3 332.0 6.18 8 650 3747 5.1 -1.2 64 6.3 1.8 208 33 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.8 5.39 9 600 4397 1.6 -8.3 48 9.8 -2.9 227 28 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.41 10 550 5091 -3.3 -16.4 36 13.1 -8.1 234 32 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.6 1.93 11 500 5835 -9.7 -21.5 38 11.8 -13.3 235 36 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.9 1.37 12 450 6639 -15.4 -31.3 24 15.8 -18.8 244 28 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.1 0.62 13 400 7517 -20.9 -42.3 13 21.4 -23.9 249 20 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.23 14 350 8489 -27.8 -53.1 7 25.3 -30.0 243 25 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 15 300 9580 -35.9 -50.0 22 14.1 -36.9 220 35 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 16 250 10818 -46.5 -52.1 53 5.6 -46.7 185 24 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.12 17 200 12260 -55.2 -63.3 36 8.1 -55.4 220 32 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14097 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 236 24 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16690 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 210 11 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.30 m Freezing level: 584.01 mb = 4618.78 m = 15153.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.80 mb = 3990.48 m = 13091.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.40 mb = 953.69 m = 3128.88 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 24.18 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1133.58 m = 3719.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1948.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.45 mb = 1097.49 m = 3600.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.45 mb = 2725.17 m = 8940.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.45 mb = 12406.59 m = 40703.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1945.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.45 mb = 15240.23 m = 50000.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.0 neg: -14.8 tot: 288.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.53 Bulk Rich Number: 26.25 Bulk Shear: 74.22 m/s