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: 48.89,-99.55 Latitude: 48.89 Longitude: -99.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 516 SFC 948 536 23.1 21.6 91 1.5 22.0 149 11 300.8 304.0 297.0 351.7 17.33 3 900 987 20.0 19.7 98 0.3 19.8 158 28 302.2 305.2 296.7 350.2 16.28 4 850 1479 17.4 17.0 98 0.3 17.2 178 37 304.4 307.0 296.1 347.7 14.54 5 800 1997 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 202 36 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.0 13.26 6 750 2542 11.8 11.3 97 0.5 11.5 204 33 309.4 311.6 295.3 343.8 11.31 7 700 3117 8.3 7.6 96 0.7 7.9 201 32 311.6 313.4 294.4 340.6 9.40 8 650 3727 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 3.9 216 28 315.5 316.9 293.7 337.7 7.07 9 600 4378 1.2 -3.4 72 4.6 -1.2 219 24 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.4 4.96 10 550 5070 -4.5 -19.4 30 14.9 -9.4 218 25 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.8 1.49 11 500 5813 -9.5 -35.6 10 26.1 -14.9 221 30 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.37 12 450 6618 -14.6 -47.7 4 33.1 -19.2 226 29 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.4 0.11 13 400 7499 -20.7 -39.4 17 18.7 -23.6 229 26 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.31 14 350 8470 -28.4 -40.7 30 12.3 -30.0 216 28 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 15 300 9558 -35.9 -55.6 11 19.7 -37.1 205 41 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10799 -46.2 -58.0 25 11.8 -46.6 195 41 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.06 17 200 12240 -57.2 -60.3 67 3.2 -57.2 221 36 342.2 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.06 18 150 14080 -51.2 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 226 27 381.9 381.9 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16684 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 212 12 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.78 m Freezing level: 589.78 mb = 4519.48 m = 14827.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.43 mb = 4224.70 m = 13860.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.28 mb = 727.07 m = 2385.39 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 28.97 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1139.72 m = 3739.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.17 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 43.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 509.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2363.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.40 mb = 1089.02 m = 3572.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.40 mb = 1235.55 m = 4053.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.40 mb = 12759.30 m = 41860.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2329.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.40 mb = 15820.27 m = 51903.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.9 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 234.9 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.4 neg: -13.1 tot: 311.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.67 Bulk Rich Number: 36.99 Bulk Shear: 63.89 m/s