MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 45.98,-98.93 Latitude: 45.98 Longitude: -98.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 951 561 16.9 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 136 4 294.2 296.5 291.6 329.5 12.32 2 950 572 16.9 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 137 4 294.4 296.6 291.6 329.8 12.38 3 900 1034 17.0 16.8 99 0.1 16.9 178 8 299.0 301.5 293.9 338.5 13.54 4 850 1522 14.9 14.1 95 0.8 14.4 210 4 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.2 12.02 5 800 2034 12.1 10.0 87 2.1 10.9 269 7 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.1 9.71 6 750 2572 9.2 6.0 80 3.3 7.3 292 11 306.6 308.1 291.8 330.3 7.83 7 700 3142 6.0 0.2 66 5.8 2.9 299 10 309.1 310.2 290.7 326.3 5.56 8 650 3745 2.3 -5.1 58 7.4 -1.2 307 11 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.2 4.03 9 600 4387 -1.7 -9.7 54 8.0 -5.0 312 13 314.2 314.8 290.0 324.1 3.05 10 550 5073 -5.5 -20.5 30 15.0 -10.2 321 11 317.6 317.9 289.4 322.2 1.37 11 500 5814 -9.8 -32.4 14 22.7 -14.8 326 7 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.9 0.50 12 450 6620 -14.8 -38.7 11 23.9 -19.0 325 6 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.30 13 400 7498 -21.2 -45.4 9 24.2 -24.3 334 5 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.17 14 350 8468 -28.5 -37.4 42 8.8 -29.8 301 7 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.44 15 300 9553 -36.9 -44.5 45 7.6 -37.6 245 10 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.24 16 250 10788 -47.2 -54.4 44 7.1 -47.6 226 15 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 17 200 12225 -55.7 -67.2 23 11.5 -55.9 276 14 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 14080 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 305 19 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16647 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 311 11 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.09 m Freezing level: 621.18 mb = 4114.60 m = 13499.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.55 mb = 3564.46 m = 11694.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.56 C = 79.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.35 mb = 641.26 m = 2103.86 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 16.26 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.27 mb = 560.66 m = 1839.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.96 C = 62.53 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 33.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 322.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.87 mb = 1083.12 m = 3553.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.87 mb = 2684.60 m = 8807.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.87 mb = 10270.11 m = 33694.19 ft B at Equ Level: 322.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.87 mb = 12559.99 m = 41206.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.8 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 330.8 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 12.53 Bulk Shear: 25.77 m/s