MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 48.36,-98.86 Latitude: 48.36 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 72 SFC 957 453 22.5 21.9 97 0.6 22.1 184 9 299.4 302.6 296.8 350.7 17.57 2 950 519 22.4 21.8 96 0.6 22.0 185 12 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.5 17.60 3 900 990 21.2 20.5 96 0.7 20.7 191 36 303.3 306.5 297.5 354.1 17.10 4 850 1485 18.2 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 234 29 305.2 308.0 296.5 349.5 14.81 5 800 2002 14.4 11.1 80 3.3 12.3 264 29 306.5 308.5 293.8 338.0 10.44 6 750 2545 10.5 5.8 72 4.8 7.8 256 30 308.0 309.5 292.2 331.6 7.72 7 700 3119 9.7 -11.6 21 21.3 0.7 243 32 313.3 313.7 288.9 320.6 2.25 8 650 3728 5.4 -13.8 23 19.3 -2.3 235 35 315.1 315.5 289.3 321.8 2.02 9 600 4376 0.5 -23.5 15 24.0 -6.9 229 33 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.0 0.96 10 550 5067 -3.3 -46.1 2 42.8 -11.1 232 33 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.5 0.11 11 500 5813 -8.0 -45.2 3 37.2 -14.3 230 34 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.8 0.14 12 450 6623 -13.5 -34.1 16 20.6 -17.7 230 35 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.0 0.47 13 400 7505 -20.4 -35.5 25 15.1 -23.1 233 34 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.2 0.46 14 350 8480 -26.9 -56.9 4 30.0 -29.3 216 31 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 15 300 9573 -35.2 -51.5 17 16.3 -36.4 195 27 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10819 -44.3 -53.5 35 9.1 -44.8 191 33 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.11 17 200 12276 -56.0 -60.6 56 4.6 -56.1 160 25 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14092 -54.1 -78.1 4 24.1 -54.5 228 31 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.01 19 100 16687 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 205 9 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.26 m Freezing level: 593.46 mb = 4465.97 m = 14651.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.66 mb = 3253.00 m = 10672.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.69 mb = 521.62 m = 1711.34 ft T: 22.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 33.54 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1211.06 m = 3973.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 22.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2479.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.38 mb = 1015.59 m = 3331.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.38 mb = 1461.01 m = 4793.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.38 mb = 12858.42 m = 42185.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2457.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.38 mb = 15940.56 m = 52297.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.0 neg: -21.9 tot: 260.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.37 Bulk Rich Number: 38.17 Bulk Shear: 64.95 m/s