MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.13,-97.98 Latitude: 45.13 Longitude: -97.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 960 464 23.6 18.4 73 5.2 20.0 144 16 300.3 302.8 294.7 341.4 14.04 2 950 554 23.3 18.2 73 5.1 19.8 146 21 300.8 303.4 294.7 341.8 13.95 3 900 1024 19.6 17.0 85 2.6 17.8 159 36 301.7 304.2 294.8 342.1 13.70 4 850 1518 19.9 17.4 85 2.5 18.1 192 25 307.0 309.8 297.0 351.7 14.84 5 800 2040 16.9 14.4 85 2.5 15.2 193 14 309.2 311.6 296.4 348.7 13.01 6 750 2587 12.3 11.1 93 1.2 11.6 221 11 309.9 312.0 295.3 344.0 11.17 7 700 3161 7.5 5.1 85 2.3 6.1 253 10 310.7 312.2 293.1 335.1 7.91 8 650 3767 3.6 -11.6 32 15.2 -2.6 302 10 313.0 313.5 289.0 320.9 2.41 9 600 4411 -0.4 -15.0 32 14.6 -5.9 312 15 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.2 1.99 10 550 5100 -5.2 -22.4 24 17.2 -10.4 299 14 317.9 318.1 289.3 321.8 1.15 11 500 5841 -9.8 -22.1 36 12.3 -13.5 275 17 321.0 321.3 290.4 325.5 1.30 12 450 6646 -15.2 -29.4 29 14.2 -18.4 273 19 324.1 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.74 13 400 7524 -21.6 -37.4 23 15.8 -24.2 281 23 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.38 14 350 8491 -29.1 -42.5 26 13.4 -30.6 291 32 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.26 15 300 9576 -36.6 -41.9 57 5.4 -37.1 311 31 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.32 16 250 10816 -45.6 -49.2 67 3.6 -45.8 327 34 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.17 17 200 12266 -53.6 -61.5 37 7.9 -53.8 311 40 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14118 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 310 24 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16681 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 330 9 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.78 m Freezing level: 605.28 mb = 4343.34 m = 14249.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.16 mb = 3578.39 m = 11739.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.88 mb = 1121.40 m = 3679.11 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 30.82 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.88 mb = 2255.53 m = 7399.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -7.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 27.21 C K Index: 44.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 584.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1339.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.15 mb = 1375.02 m = 4511.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.15 mb = 2821.56 m = 9256.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.15 mb = 11671.96 m = 38293.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.15 mb = 14592.43 m = 47874.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.6 neg: -37.7 tot: 193.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 11.62 Bulk Shear: 115.26 m/s