MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.47,-98.16 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -98.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 962 426 27.4 22.4 74 5.0 23.8 119 20 304.0 307.3 298.2 357.7 18.03 2 950 534 25.5 21.3 77 4.2 22.5 119 27 303.1 306.2 297.4 353.5 17.00 3 900 1008 22.1 19.2 83 3.0 20.1 138 39 304.3 307.2 296.9 351.1 15.71 4 850 1503 20.4 13.1 63 7.3 15.5 167 34 307.5 309.6 294.7 341.4 11.22 5 800 2026 18.6 6.5 45 12.0 11.3 193 35 310.9 312.4 292.9 334.5 7.63 6 750 2576 15.6 -7.1 20 22.7 4.8 211 33 313.6 314.1 289.8 323.2 2.99 7 700 3155 10.3 0.2 50 10.1 4.8 198 27 313.9 314.9 292.1 331.4 5.56 8 650 3766 5.8 -4.4 48 10.3 0.8 223 35 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.1 4.23 9 600 4417 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.2 228 34 317.5 318.6 293.3 335.8 5.72 10 550 5111 -3.4 -9.4 63 6.0 -6.0 235 35 320.0 320.7 292.0 331.2 3.41 11 500 5856 -10.0 -15.5 64 5.5 -11.9 248 32 320.8 321.3 291.3 328.5 2.30 12 450 6659 -16.2 -19.5 76 3.3 -17.1 255 36 322.9 323.3 291.5 329.1 1.82 13 400 7534 -21.9 -34.1 32 12.2 -24.1 260 32 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.53 14 350 8503 -28.6 -43.7 22 15.1 -30.3 234 27 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.23 15 300 9589 -36.9 -45.8 39 8.8 -37.7 217 17 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.21 16 250 10823 -46.9 -53.1 49 6.3 -47.1 156 5 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.9 0.11 17 200 12269 -54.7 -65.7 24 11.0 -54.9 220 27 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14110 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 247 20 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16681 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 195 11 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.76 m Freezing level: 586.79 mb = 4600.33 m = 15092.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.77 mb = 4272.18 m = 14016.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.76 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.36 mb = 1062.11 m = 3484.58 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 34.46 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2441.68 m = 8010.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.34 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -7.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 33.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2475.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.67 mb = 1415.31 m = 4643.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.67 mb = 3111.14 m = 10207.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.67 mb = 12814.10 m = 42040.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2424.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.67 mb = 15868.93 m = 52062.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 525.1 neg: -35.7 tot: 489.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.67 Bulk Rich Number: 10.73 Bulk Shear: 230.68 m/s