MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 46.72,-96.25 Latitude: 46.72 Longitude: -96.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 970 374 25.2 20.4 75 4.8 21.8 206 7 301.0 303.8 296.0 347.1 15.72 2 950 557 22.6 19.1 81 3.5 20.2 207 8 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.4 14.80 3 900 1026 18.2 17.9 98 0.3 17.9 212 8 300.3 302.9 295.0 342.6 14.45 4 850 1514 14.6 12.7 88 1.9 13.4 242 12 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.7 10.94 5 800 2024 11.8 7.1 73 4.6 9.0 260 17 303.7 305.2 291.0 327.6 7.96 6 750 2563 10.0 0.8 53 9.2 5.1 265 20 307.4 308.4 290.0 324.0 5.40 7 700 3133 6.7 -1.2 57 7.9 2.6 268 19 309.9 310.8 290.4 325.4 5.00 8 650 3737 3.1 -3.0 64 6.1 0.0 271 17 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.3 4.71 9 600 4381 -0.7 -10.0 50 9.2 -4.6 268 16 315.3 315.8 290.3 324.9 2.99 10 550 5071 -4.7 -20.2 29 15.4 -9.7 262 15 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.2 1.40 11 500 5812 -10.0 -16.8 58 6.7 -12.3 268 15 320.8 321.2 291.1 327.7 2.06 12 450 6617 -15.4 -19.2 73 3.8 -16.6 278 18 323.8 324.2 291.7 330.2 1.86 13 400 7494 -22.1 -24.5 81 2.3 -22.7 275 18 326.2 326.5 291.9 330.8 1.32 14 350 8463 -28.0 -43.7 21 15.7 -29.8 280 10 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.23 15 300 9550 -37.2 -47.1 35 10.0 -37.9 257 9 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.18 16 250 10780 -48.1 -52.9 58 4.8 -48.3 266 15 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 17 200 12214 -56.1 -65.0 32 8.8 -56.3 263 11 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14065 -52.3 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 291 14 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16648 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.0 324 10 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.95 m Freezing level: 609.76 mb = 4255.71 m = 13962.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.47 mb = 3743.99 m = 12283.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.17 mb = 985.68 m = 3233.81 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 23.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.99 mb = 1102.02 m = 3615.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.47 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 29.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1430.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.02 mb = 1092.21 m = 3583.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.02 mb = 1140.12 m = 3740.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.02 mb = 11961.32 m = 39242.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1428.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.02 mb = 14595.30 m = 47884.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 70.68 Bulk Shear: 20.23 m/s