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: 46.14,-97.60 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 967 374 28.3 21.8 68 6.6 23.6 145 20 304.4 307.6 297.8 355.7 17.22 2 950 535 27.0 21.1 70 5.9 22.7 148 31 304.6 307.7 297.6 354.7 16.78 3 900 1011 22.6 19.6 83 3.0 20.5 155 39 304.8 307.8 297.3 353.0 16.14 4 850 1507 18.7 17.9 95 0.8 18.1 173 42 305.7 308.6 297.0 351.6 15.33 5 800 2026 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.3 200 41 308.6 310.9 295.6 345.2 12.09 6 750 2574 14.5 8.8 69 5.7 10.9 207 32 312.3 314.1 294.7 341.7 9.51 7 700 3154 10.7 5.0 68 5.7 7.3 204 30 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.9 7.87 8 650 3767 6.0 0.9 70 5.1 3.2 205 31 315.7 316.9 293.2 335.6 6.30 9 600 4418 2.0 -4.1 64 6.1 -1.0 220 26 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.7 4.71 10 550 5115 -2.7 -12.2 48 9.4 -6.6 234 24 320.8 321.4 291.7 329.9 2.73 11 500 5861 -9.2 -17.5 51 8.2 -12.1 238 29 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.4 1.94 12 450 6665 -15.3 -23.5 49 8.2 -17.6 253 27 324.0 324.2 291.3 328.4 1.27 13 400 7546 -19.8 -31.1 36 11.3 -22.2 273 23 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.8 0.71 14 350 8524 -26.0 -39.7 26 13.7 -27.9 264 27 333.7 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.35 15 300 9620 -35.0 -43.4 42 8.3 -35.8 251 27 336.0 336.0 293.6 337.1 0.27 16 250 10865 -45.1 -49.3 62 4.2 -45.4 246 21 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.7 0.17 17 200 12311 -57.4 -61.9 56 4.5 -57.5 254 25 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 14125 -54.3 -80.3 3 26.0 -54.6 244 21 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16690 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 215 10 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.48 m Freezing level: 578.66 mb = 4715.50 m = 15470.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.27 mb = 4253.55 m = 13955.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.79 mb = 1207.73 m = 3962.31 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 27.35 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1468.72 m = 4818.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 27.11 C K Index: 40.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2642.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.34 mb = 1361.40 m = 4466.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.34 mb = 1717.26 m = 5634.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 789.34 mb = 2139.80 m = 7020.25 ft B at Equ Level: 3.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.8 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 232.8 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.6 neg: -17.4 tot: 397.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.83 Bulk Rich Number: 25.41 Bulk Shear: 103.99 m/s