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: 45.86,-99.51 Latitude: 45.86 Longitude: -99.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 512 SFC 941 599 30.4 21.5 59 8.8 23.9 156 6 308.9 312.1 299.1 361.9 17.46 3 900 994 26.8 19.2 63 7.6 21.3 180 17 309.1 312.1 298.1 356.9 15.75 4 850 1497 22.8 18.0 74 4.8 19.4 202 23 310.0 312.9 298.1 357.1 15.45 5 800 2023 18.0 16.9 93 1.1 17.3 212 26 310.4 313.3 298.1 357.3 15.36 6 750 2573 13.9 10.7 81 3.3 11.8 232 27 311.7 313.8 295.5 345.0 10.82 7 700 3152 11.1 -1.5 41 12.6 4.4 259 22 314.8 315.7 291.8 330.3 4.89 8 650 3765 6.5 -8.6 33 15.2 -0.3 251 29 316.4 316.9 290.7 326.3 3.07 9 600 4416 2.8 -18.5 19 21.3 -4.8 245 40 319.4 319.7 290.1 324.4 1.48 10 550 5112 -3.1 -17.0 33 13.9 -8.1 241 41 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.6 1.84 11 500 5857 -9.2 -22.8 32 13.6 -13.2 245 37 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.1 1.22 12 450 6663 -14.6 -35.0 16 20.4 -18.6 252 31 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.5 0.43 13 400 7545 -20.4 -38.0 19 17.6 -23.3 262 28 328.5 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.36 14 350 8518 -28.1 -41.1 28 12.9 -29.7 263 24 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.30 15 300 9604 -36.8 -53.3 17 16.5 -37.8 249 18 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.09 16 250 10840 -46.1 -60.1 19 14.1 -46.6 207 22 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12286 -56.1 -62.9 42 6.8 -56.2 218 18 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14118 -54.6 -80.6 3 26.0 -55.0 226 21 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16685 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 215 17 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.59 m Freezing level: 576.16 mb = 4748.28 m = 15578.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.50 mb = 3720.70 m = 12206.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.21 mb = 1722.28 m = 5650.46 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 32.86 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.99 mb = 2108.46 m = 6917.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -8.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.96 C Cross Totals Index: 27.16 C K Index: 37.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 612.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3545.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.78 mb = 1960.24 m = 6431.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.78 mb = 2230.01 m = 7316.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.78 mb = 13291.96 m = 43608.26 ft B at Equ Level: 3508.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 208.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.53 Bulk Rich Number: 39.20 Bulk Shear: 90.45 m/s