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: 46.36,-97.76 Latitude: 46.36 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 966 385 27.7 21.6 69 6.1 23.2 141 21 303.9 307.0 297.6 354.6 17.05 2 950 529 26.8 21.0 71 5.8 22.6 144 32 304.3 307.4 297.5 354.0 16.67 3 900 1005 22.4 19.7 85 2.7 20.5 151 40 304.6 307.6 297.3 353.2 16.27 4 850 1501 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.2 168 44 305.7 308.6 297.1 352.3 15.53 5 800 2020 15.9 13.8 87 2.2 14.5 193 41 308.1 310.5 295.7 345.9 12.49 6 750 2568 14.3 10.3 77 4.0 11.7 199 31 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.6 10.55 7 700 3148 10.6 5.9 73 4.7 7.8 199 29 314.2 315.8 294.4 340.2 8.35 8 650 3760 6.0 1.7 74 4.2 3.6 200 30 315.7 317.0 293.5 336.8 6.69 9 600 4411 1.8 -1.8 77 3.6 -0.1 214 22 318.2 319.2 293.3 336.0 5.58 10 550 5107 -3.1 -8.1 68 5.0 -5.4 227 18 320.4 321.1 292.4 332.7 3.77 11 500 5853 -9.2 -12.3 78 3.2 -10.4 233 21 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.7 2.97 12 450 6659 -14.7 -16.8 84 2.1 -15.4 247 24 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.6 2.29 13 400 7542 -19.9 -23.1 76 3.2 -20.8 264 26 329.1 329.4 292.9 334.3 1.48 14 350 8521 -25.5 -28.5 76 3.0 -26.1 259 32 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.04 15 300 9622 -33.4 -36.5 74 3.1 -33.8 253 37 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.4 0.56 16 250 10877 -43.3 -46.8 69 3.4 -43.6 251 37 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.6 0.23 17 200 12331 -57.0 -61.0 60 4.0 -57.1 257 43 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14133 -53.7 -76.8 4 23.1 -54.1 242 21 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.01 19 100 16705 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 222 11 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.91 m Freezing level: 582.05 mb = 4661.15 m = 15292.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.70 mb = 4388.32 m = 14397.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.02 mb = 1160.26 m = 3806.58 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 22.83 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1460.80 m = 4792.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -7.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -7.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 27.23 C K Index: 41.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 584.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2387.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.79 mb = 1330.88 m = 4366.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.79 mb = 1685.95 m = 5531.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.79 mb = 2435.42 m = 7990.12 ft B at Equ Level: 9.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.79 mb = 15998.12 m = 52486.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.5 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 224.5 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 398.9 neg: -13.4 tot: 385.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.93 Bulk Rich Number: 27.81 Bulk Shear: 85.85 m/s