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: 46.59,-98.4 Latitude: 46.59 Longitude: -98.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 960 440 27.5 22.3 74 5.1 23.7 123 20 304.2 307.5 298.2 357.7 17.96 2 950 530 25.5 21.3 77 4.2 22.5 123 26 303.1 306.2 297.4 353.5 17.02 3 900 1003 22.0 19.4 85 2.6 20.1 139 40 304.1 307.1 297.0 351.5 15.92 4 850 1499 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.0 165 36 307.1 309.3 295.0 343.0 11.92 5 800 2022 18.9 4.3 38 14.7 10.3 192 35 311.3 312.6 292.1 331.5 6.50 6 750 2572 15.9 -7.3 20 23.2 4.8 210 34 313.8 314.4 289.8 323.4 2.95 7 700 3151 10.4 0.2 49 10.2 4.9 198 29 314.0 315.1 292.2 331.5 5.56 8 650 3763 5.9 -4.2 48 10.1 0.9 222 37 315.6 316.5 291.6 329.4 4.31 9 600 4413 1.6 -2.8 73 4.4 -0.6 228 36 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.6 5.20 10 550 5108 -3.2 -10.4 58 7.2 -6.2 235 34 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.8 3.16 11 500 5853 -10.0 -14.9 67 5.0 -11.8 247 32 320.9 321.4 291.4 328.9 2.40 12 450 6657 -16.1 -19.5 75 3.4 -17.1 252 36 323.0 323.4 291.5 329.2 1.81 13 400 7532 -21.8 -35.9 27 14.2 -24.1 260 32 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.4 0.45 14 350 8502 -28.3 -44.5 20 16.2 -30.1 234 28 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.21 15 300 9588 -36.9 -47.1 34 10.2 -37.7 212 20 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 16 250 10822 -46.9 -54.0 44 7.2 -47.2 161 6 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 17 200 12268 -54.8 -67.1 20 12.4 -55.0 216 30 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 14108 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 244 20 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 194 11 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.30 m Freezing level: 583.32 mb = 4645.21 m = 15240.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.51 mb = 4140.12 m = 13582.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.85 % Est. max temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.81 mb = 1092.27 m = 3583.52 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 34.33 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.81 mb = 2483.51 m = 8147.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.63 C = 97.93 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -7.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 33.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2486.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.26 mb = 1384.75 m = 4543.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.26 mb = 3076.53 m = 10093.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.26 mb = 12723.18 m = 41742.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2453.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.26 mb = 15724.74 m = 51589.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 532.3 neg: -35.5 tot: 496.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.73 Bulk Rich Number: 11.04 Bulk Shear: 225.29 m/s