MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.95,-98.69 Latitude: 46.95 Longitude: -98.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 957 460 23.9 22.4 91 1.5 22.8 285 4 300.8 304.2 297.5 354.1 18.12 2 950 520 23.8 21.8 89 2.0 22.3 280 7 301.3 304.5 297.3 353.0 17.56 3 900 992 21.0 19.9 93 1.1 20.2 211 14 303.1 306.2 297.1 352.0 16.47 4 850 1486 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 200 18 304.5 307.3 296.3 348.7 14.82 5 800 2003 14.7 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 197 25 306.8 309.1 295.3 344.2 12.44 6 750 2548 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.7 202 27 309.4 311.6 295.4 344.4 11.48 7 700 3124 8.8 7.8 94 1.0 8.2 207 40 312.2 314.1 294.7 341.7 9.55 8 650 3734 5.2 4.4 94 0.9 4.8 211 47 314.9 316.5 294.4 340.2 8.09 9 600 4385 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 211 51 318.0 319.2 293.8 338.0 6.28 10 550 5081 -3.1 -8.7 65 5.6 -5.5 214 52 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.3 3.61 11 500 5826 -9.2 -20.8 38 11.6 -12.8 221 49 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.9 1.46 12 450 6633 -14.5 -24.9 41 10.4 -17.3 230 42 325.0 325.2 291.4 329.0 1.12 13 400 7514 -20.2 -32.9 31 12.7 -22.7 236 34 328.7 328.8 292.0 330.9 0.60 14 350 8487 -27.7 -40.1 30 12.3 -29.4 228 26 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 15 300 9575 -36.8 -46.3 37 9.5 -37.6 213 23 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.20 16 250 10810 -47.0 -53.2 49 6.2 -47.3 192 32 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.11 17 200 12253 -54.9 -66.3 23 11.4 -55.1 205 27 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14100 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 220 24 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16681 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 201 13 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.57 m Freezing level: 582.61 mb = 4627.20 m = 15180.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.08 mb = 4451.08 m = 14603.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.35 mb = 646.46 m = 2120.89 ft T: 23.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 17.54 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.00 mb = 1196.08 m = 3924.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.12 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 26.53 C K Index: 43.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2585.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.50 mb = 1083.89 m = 3556.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.50 mb = 1329.74 m = 4362.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.50 mb = 12736.20 m = 41784.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2553.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.50 mb = 15763.46 m = 51716.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.4 neg: -8.3 tot: 204.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 23.13 Bulk Shear: 111.80 m/s