MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.57,-98.05 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 964 416 29.8 21.9 63 7.8 24.0 166 19 306.1 309.4 298.4 358.5 17.44 2 950 545 28.6 21.1 64 7.5 23.2 168 26 306.3 309.4 298.1 356.9 16.85 3 900 1024 24.0 20.0 79 4.0 21.1 172 33 306.2 309.3 297.9 356.0 16.59 4 850 1522 19.8 18.4 92 1.4 18.8 185 36 306.9 309.8 297.7 354.7 15.89 5 800 2043 17.1 14.6 85 2.5 15.4 211 35 309.4 311.9 296.5 349.4 13.18 6 750 2593 14.7 13.5 93 1.2 13.9 243 25 312.5 315.0 297.3 352.9 13.10 7 700 3174 11.1 8.4 84 2.7 9.4 254 18 314.7 316.7 295.7 345.7 9.95 8 650 3790 7.3 3.9 79 3.4 5.3 253 17 317.2 318.8 294.8 342.0 7.84 9 600 4444 3.1 -8.0 44 11.2 -2.0 260 19 319.8 320.4 292.0 331.2 3.48 10 550 5142 -2.7 -15.0 38 12.3 -7.4 260 22 320.9 321.3 291.2 328.2 2.16 11 500 5887 -9.4 -20.1 42 10.6 -12.8 253 24 321.5 321.8 290.8 326.9 1.55 12 450 6690 -16.2 -26.5 40 10.4 -18.7 259 28 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.4 0.97 13 400 7565 -22.5 -31.5 44 9.0 -24.2 267 27 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.69 14 350 8531 -29.2 -45.0 20 15.8 -30.8 271 24 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.20 15 300 9614 -37.2 -53.4 17 16.2 -38.2 265 21 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.09 16 250 10852 -45.5 -58.7 21 13.2 -46.0 184 28 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12299 -55.4 -62.2 42 6.8 -55.5 232 14 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.04 18 150 14139 -53.9 -80.0 3 26.1 -54.3 249 22 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16695 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.3 221 15 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.76 m Freezing level: 573.02 mb = 4820.59 m = 15815.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.81 mb = 4258.23 m = 13970.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.76 mb = 1412.10 m = 4632.81 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 26.52 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1711.49 m = 5615.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -8.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -8.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 27.86 C K Index: 44.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 620.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3315.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.28 mb = 1529.03 m = 5016.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.28 mb = 2212.24 m = 7257.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.28 mb = 13179.42 m = 43239.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3273.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 319.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.53 Bulk Rich Number: 37.02 Bulk Shear: 89.56 m/s