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: 46.02,-98.98 Latitude: 46.02 Longitude: -98.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 519 SFC 943 581 26.2 22.6 80 3.7 23.5 175 6 304.4 307.9 298.7 359.9 18.57 3 900 997 25.0 19.4 71 5.6 21.0 187 28 307.3 310.3 297.8 355.5 16.00 4 850 1497 21.0 18.2 84 2.8 19.0 195 34 308.1 311.1 297.8 355.5 15.66 5 800 2020 17.5 17.2 98 0.2 17.3 211 37 309.8 312.7 298.2 357.5 15.66 6 750 2570 13.4 12.1 92 1.3 12.6 231 37 311.2 313.4 296.1 347.8 11.95 7 700 3148 9.8 3.7 65 6.2 6.3 244 28 313.4 314.7 293.2 335.6 7.13 8 650 3761 7.9 -13.4 20 21.3 -0.9 249 29 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.9 2.09 9 600 4415 3.3 -18.0 19 21.2 -4.5 248 39 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.2 1.55 10 550 5111 -2.9 -18.0 30 15.1 -8.2 243 40 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.3 1.68 11 500 5857 -9.1 -26.7 22 17.6 -13.7 243 39 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.9 0.86 12 450 6662 -15.0 -30.2 26 15.3 -18.4 250 32 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.69 13 400 7543 -20.0 -46.2 8 26.2 -23.4 266 27 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.15 14 350 8517 -27.9 -42.1 25 14.1 -29.7 263 22 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.27 15 300 9605 -36.1 -58.2 8 22.1 -37.3 213 17 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.05 16 250 10848 -45.3 -55.5 31 10.3 -45.7 167 31 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.08 17 200 12293 -56.8 -61.6 54 4.8 -56.9 181 12 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14121 -54.7 -80.6 3 25.9 -55.1 225 22 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16686 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 219 15 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.51 m Freezing level: 573.62 mb = 4782.34 m = 15689.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.37 mb = 3680.54 m = 12075.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.55 mb = 1050.12 m = 3445.24 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 32.59 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1913.31 m = 6277.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -8.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -8.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.13 C Cross Totals Index: 27.34 C K Index: 42.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 611.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3229.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.88 mb = 1610.61 m = 5284.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.88 mb = 2193.49 m = 7196.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.88 mb = 13182.33 m = 43248.59 ft B at Equ Level: 3205.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.0 neg: -7.7 tot: 358.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.32 Bulk Rich Number: 37.72 Bulk Shear: 85.63 m/s