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,-99.83 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -99.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 512 SFC 939 619 30.3 21.4 59 8.8 23.8 177 8 309.0 312.2 299.1 361.8 17.39 3 900 994 26.4 20.0 68 6.4 21.8 189 12 308.7 311.9 298.5 359.1 16.60 4 850 1496 21.7 18.7 83 3.0 19.5 209 17 308.9 312.0 298.3 358.0 16.16 5 800 2020 17.5 15.5 88 2.0 16.1 225 21 309.8 312.4 297.1 352.3 13.97 6 750 2568 13.8 6.3 60 7.5 9.3 256 18 311.6 313.1 293.4 336.4 8.01 7 700 3147 11.2 -5.0 32 16.2 3.2 258 22 314.9 315.6 290.9 327.0 3.78 8 650 3760 5.9 -4.2 48 10.2 0.9 249 25 315.7 316.5 291.6 329.5 4.30 9 600 4409 2.1 -26.4 10 28.5 -6.4 243 38 318.6 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.74 10 550 5104 -2.9 -23.9 18 21.0 -9.2 238 44 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.2 1.01 11 500 5850 -8.6 -32.8 12 24.2 -14.1 242 36 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.48 12 450 6658 -14.3 -37.0 13 22.7 -18.5 250 32 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.36 13 400 7539 -20.6 -35.1 26 14.5 -23.2 254 30 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.48 14 350 8511 -28.2 -42.9 23 14.7 -29.9 256 27 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.25 15 300 9598 -36.7 -50.7 22 14.0 -37.7 240 21 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 16 250 10834 -46.3 -59.8 20 13.6 -46.7 213 25 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12280 -55.9 -63.3 39 7.4 -56.1 226 21 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14112 -54.6 -80.6 3 26.0 -55.0 224 23 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16683 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 214 18 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.72 m Freezing level: 578.74 mb = 4704.93 m = 15435.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.82 mb = 3837.65 m = 12590.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.15 mb = 1741.69 m = 5714.14 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 34.79 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1916.81 m = 6288.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -8.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -8.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.34 C Cross Totals Index: 27.29 C K Index: 32.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3753.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.34 mb = 1823.70 m = 5983.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.34 mb = 1983.52 m = 6507.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.34 mb = 13190.93 m = 43276.79 ft B at Equ Level: 3744.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.7 neg: -3.1 tot: 92.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 54.15 Bulk Shear: 69.33 m/s