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: 46.09,-98.47 Latitude: 46.09 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 959 438 26.5 22.2 77 4.3 23.3 186 12 303.3 306.6 298.0 356.3 17.86 2 950 520 26.9 21.4 72 5.5 22.9 186 19 304.5 307.7 297.8 355.6 17.14 3 900 998 23.9 19.7 77 4.3 20.9 184 36 306.2 309.2 297.7 355.0 16.25 4 850 1495 19.5 18.6 95 0.9 18.9 186 41 306.6 309.6 297.7 354.9 16.06 5 800 2017 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 195 44 309.1 311.9 297.7 354.9 15.08 6 750 2567 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.2 218 48 312.2 314.8 297.5 354.2 13.67 7 700 3147 10.3 9.0 92 1.2 9.5 230 45 313.8 315.8 295.7 346.0 10.36 8 650 3761 7.1 0.3 62 6.7 3.4 248 40 316.9 318.1 293.3 336.2 6.04 9 600 4415 3.1 -11.7 33 14.8 -3.2 251 44 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.3 2.60 10 550 5112 -2.7 -17.3 31 14.6 -7.9 244 45 320.9 321.2 290.9 326.9 1.78 11 500 5857 -9.2 -22.7 33 13.5 -13.1 241 45 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.1 1.24 12 450 6662 -15.4 -27.1 36 11.7 -18.2 253 41 323.9 324.0 290.9 327.1 0.92 13 400 7540 -21.1 -31.8 38 10.7 -23.2 258 34 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.66 14 350 8514 -27.1 -32.7 59 5.6 -28.0 253 23 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.8 0.70 15 300 9607 -34.8 -39.2 64 4.4 -35.4 234 11 336.3 336.4 293.8 337.9 0.43 16 250 10854 -44.4 -48.3 65 3.9 -44.6 146 4 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.19 17 200 12309 -55.9 -59.9 60 4.1 -56.0 44 14 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14129 -54.4 -78.8 3 24.3 -54.8 230 24 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.01 19 100 16696 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 221 13 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.01 m Freezing level: 573.35 mb = 4786.17 m = 15702.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.40 mb = 4089.09 m = 13415.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.43 mb = 983.74 m = 3227.46 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 30.14 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1622.85 m = 5324.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -8.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 27.76 C K Index: 46.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 626.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2843.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.17 mb = 1432.50 m = 4699.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.17 mb = 2111.26 m = 6926.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.17 mb = 12934.20 m = 42434.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2841.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 531.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 531.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.82 Bulk Rich Number: 25.46 Bulk Shear: 111.66 m/s