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: 46.11,-99.16 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -99.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 939 620 25.7 22.9 84 2.8 23.7 165 7 304.3 307.8 299.0 361.2 19.07 3 900 996 24.1 20.0 78 4.1 21.1 186 24 306.3 309.4 297.9 356.0 16.54 4 850 1495 21.1 18.3 84 2.8 19.1 200 31 308.2 311.2 297.9 355.9 15.74 5 800 2019 17.9 16.6 92 1.3 17.0 218 32 310.2 313.1 297.9 356.0 14.99 6 750 2569 13.7 10.6 82 3.1 11.7 236 30 311.4 313.4 295.4 344.4 10.76 7 700 3147 10.6 0.3 49 10.3 5.0 257 23 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.9 5.60 8 650 3761 7.3 -13.3 21 20.7 -1.2 253 27 317.3 317.7 290.0 324.3 2.10 9 600 4413 2.9 -20.3 16 23.2 -5.1 247 39 319.4 319.7 289.9 323.8 1.27 10 550 5109 -2.9 -19.0 28 16.1 -8.4 242 42 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.9 1.54 11 500 5854 -9.2 -25.5 25 16.4 -13.6 244 38 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.2 0.96 12 450 6660 -14.6 -35.5 15 20.9 -18.6 251 32 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.41 13 400 7542 -19.9 -43.9 10 24.0 -23.2 262 27 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.19 14 350 8516 -28.0 -40.0 31 11.9 -29.6 260 22 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.34 15 300 9604 -36.4 -57.9 9 21.5 -37.5 222 17 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.05 16 250 10844 -45.4 -58.1 23 12.8 -45.9 175 35 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.06 17 200 12290 -56.8 -61.7 54 4.9 -56.9 190 19 342.8 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14119 -54.6 -80.6 3 26.0 -55.0 222 22 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16685 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 219 16 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.85 m Freezing level: 575.25 mb = 4757.42 m = 15608.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.75 mb = 3637.52 m = 11933.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.80 mb = 978.00 m = 3208.61 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 32.20 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1930.82 m = 6334.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -8.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -8.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 27.47 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 604.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3331.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.83 mb = 1537.56 m = 5044.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.83 mb = 2225.65 m = 7301.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.83 mb = 13291.92 m = 43608.13 ft B at Equ Level: 3291.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.9 neg: -4.3 tot: 290.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.07 Bulk Rich Number: 38.60 Bulk Shear: 86.31 m/s