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: 45.75,-99.11 Latitude: 45.75 Longitude: -99.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 945 557 29.3 21.4 63 7.9 23.5 159 10 307.4 310.6 298.6 359.4 17.24 3 900 996 27.1 18.4 59 8.7 20.9 179 29 309.4 312.2 297.7 354.8 14.94 4 850 1499 22.9 17.2 70 5.7 18.9 194 31 310.2 312.9 297.7 354.9 14.66 5 800 2024 18.0 16.5 91 1.6 17.0 204 33 310.4 313.2 297.9 355.9 14.92 6 750 2574 13.7 12.7 94 1.0 13.0 226 35 311.5 313.8 296.5 349.6 12.41 7 700 3153 10.4 4.1 65 6.3 6.7 253 27 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.1 7.37 8 650 3767 7.5 -15.7 18 23.1 -1.6 255 31 317.4 317.8 289.8 323.2 1.74 9 600 4420 3.0 -13.9 28 16.9 -3.8 248 38 319.6 320.0 290.8 326.8 2.17 10 550 5116 -3.1 -16.2 36 13.1 -7.9 242 38 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.0 1.96 11 500 5861 -9.1 -23.6 30 14.4 -13.3 244 36 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.9 1.14 12 450 6666 -14.9 -29.4 28 14.5 -18.2 253 31 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.2 0.74 13 400 7547 -20.1 -44.8 9 24.7 -23.5 270 26 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.18 14 350 8521 -28.1 -40.7 29 12.7 -29.7 273 21 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.31 15 300 9608 -36.7 -55.9 12 19.1 -37.8 257 15 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.07 16 250 10845 -45.5 -59.9 18 14.4 -46.0 183 27 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12292 -56.6 -62.0 50 5.5 -56.7 209 16 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14123 -54.5 -80.5 3 26.0 -54.9 227 21 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16686 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 217 16 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.66 m Freezing level: 575.53 mb = 4760.42 m = 15617.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.71 mb = 3644.10 m = 11955.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.33 mb = 1567.06 m = 5141.22 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 32.69 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2205.03 m = 7234.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.78 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -8.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -7.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.07 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 42.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 612.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3163.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.70 mb = 2016.54 m = 6615.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.70 mb = 2397.68 m = 7866.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.70 mb = 13116.25 m = 43031.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3141.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 358.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.66 Bulk Rich Number: 30.51 Bulk Shear: 103.69 m/s