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: 45.7,-99.14 Latitude: 45.70 Longitude: -99.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 514 SFC 946 554 29.8 21.3 60 8.5 23.5 158 10 307.8 311.0 298.6 359.4 17.05 3 900 996 27.2 18.3 58 8.9 20.9 179 29 309.5 312.3 297.7 354.9 14.90 4 850 1499 23.1 17.2 69 6.0 18.9 195 31 310.4 313.1 297.7 355.1 14.65 5 800 2025 18.3 16.5 89 1.8 17.0 203 32 310.6 313.5 298.0 356.2 14.90 6 750 2575 13.8 12.9 94 0.9 13.2 224 35 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.1 12.56 7 700 3154 10.4 4.9 69 5.4 7.1 253 27 314.0 315.5 293.9 338.3 7.79 8 650 3768 7.4 -15.1 18 22.5 -1.6 256 31 317.3 317.6 289.8 323.4 1.81 9 600 4421 2.9 -13.8 28 16.7 -3.8 248 38 319.5 320.0 290.8 326.9 2.20 10 550 5117 -3.1 -16.1 36 13.0 -7.8 242 38 320.5 320.8 290.9 327.2 1.99 11 500 5862 -9.1 -24.1 28 15.0 -13.4 244 36 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.08 12 450 6667 -14.9 -29.1 29 14.2 -18.2 253 31 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.2 0.76 13 400 7548 -20.2 -44.6 9 24.4 -23.5 271 26 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.18 14 350 8521 -28.1 -40.4 30 12.2 -29.7 275 21 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.32 15 300 9608 -36.8 -55.5 13 18.7 -37.9 261 16 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.07 16 250 10844 -45.6 -59.8 19 14.2 -46.2 189 25 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12291 -56.5 -62.1 49 5.6 -56.6 212 16 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14123 -54.4 -80.4 3 26.0 -54.8 227 21 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16686 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 216 16 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.10 m Freezing level: 575.44 mb = 4762.50 m = 15624.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.01 mb = 3653.79 m = 11987.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.13 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.96 mb = 1643.43 m = 5391.77 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 32.83 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2246.18 m = 7369.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.96 C = 91.32 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -8.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.26 C Cross Totals Index: 26.30 C K Index: 43.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 614.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3181.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.60 mb = 2050.39 m = 6726.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.60 mb = 2433.06 m = 7982.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.60 mb = 13229.72 m = 43404.08 ft B at Equ Level: 3138.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 348.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.43 Bulk Rich Number: 30.39 Bulk Shear: 104.71 m/s