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: 46.32,-99.38 Latitude: 46.32 Longitude: -99.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 518 SFC 938 627 26.3 22.8 81 3.6 23.7 168 10 305.0 308.5 299.0 361.6 18.90 3 900 994 23.2 20.7 86 2.6 21.4 185 21 305.4 308.7 298.1 357.2 17.29 4 850 1493 20.9 18.6 87 2.3 19.3 204 25 308.0 311.1 298.1 356.7 16.09 5 800 2017 17.8 14.9 83 2.9 15.8 224 26 310.1 312.7 296.9 351.2 13.46 6 750 2566 13.6 7.5 66 6.1 9.9 241 22 311.4 313.0 293.9 338.2 8.70 7 700 3145 11.4 -4.2 33 15.6 3.5 270 21 315.1 315.9 291.1 327.9 3.99 8 650 3758 6.2 -4.7 46 10.8 0.8 251 24 315.9 316.7 291.5 329.3 4.15 9 600 4408 2.4 -21.6 15 24.1 -5.6 245 36 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.8 1.13 10 550 5104 -2.9 -22.7 20 19.8 -9.1 239 43 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.5 1.12 11 500 5849 -9.0 -22.8 32 13.8 -13.0 239 38 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.3 1.22 12 450 6656 -14.3 -35.5 15 21.2 -18.4 250 32 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.41 13 400 7538 -20.2 -36.8 21 16.6 -23.0 258 29 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.3 0.41 14 350 8512 -28.0 -42.4 24 14.4 -29.7 250 25 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.26 15 300 9599 -36.6 -55.4 13 18.8 -37.7 226 20 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.07 16 250 10837 -45.5 -59.9 18 14.4 -46.0 186 37 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12284 -56.7 -61.7 53 5.0 -56.8 200 26 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14115 -54.4 -80.4 3 26.0 -54.8 216 23 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16684 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 219 17 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.16 m Freezing level: 577.38 mb = 4722.87 m = 15494.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.48 mb = 3839.94 m = 12598.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.42 mb = 1078.09 m = 3536.98 ft T: 22.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 33.69 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1817.02 m = 5961.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -8.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -8.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 27.63 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3492.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.10 mb = 1451.39 m = 4761.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.10 mb = 2133.98 m = 7001.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.10 mb = 13351.87 m = 43804.82 ft B at Equ Level: 3445.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 175.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.87 Bulk Rich Number: 45.16 Bulk Shear: 77.33 m/s