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: 46.41,-97.44 Latitude: 46.41 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 972 336 27.5 21.2 69 6.3 23.0 142 21 303.1 306.2 297.1 352.2 16.55 2 950 538 25.7 20.3 72 5.3 21.8 145 34 303.2 306.2 296.8 350.7 16.00 3 900 1011 21.2 19.2 88 2.0 19.8 151 42 303.4 306.3 296.7 350.2 15.76 4 850 1505 18.4 17.2 93 1.2 17.5 171 45 305.4 308.1 296.5 349.3 14.66 5 800 2025 16.9 10.2 64 6.7 12.6 197 38 309.2 311.0 294.1 339.1 9.80 6 750 2574 15.2 2.8 43 12.4 8.1 200 27 313.1 314.3 292.4 332.7 6.26 7 700 3154 11.1 -0.9 43 12.0 4.7 200 28 314.8 315.8 292.0 331.1 5.12 8 650 3766 6.0 -2.7 54 8.7 1.5 205 30 315.7 316.7 292.0 331.1 4.82 9 600 4417 1.9 -4.2 64 6.2 -1.1 225 24 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.4 4.66 10 550 5113 -2.9 -12.6 47 9.7 -6.8 246 22 320.6 321.2 291.6 329.4 2.64 11 500 5858 -9.3 -16.0 58 6.7 -11.7 251 26 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.0 2.19 12 450 6664 -14.8 -23.8 46 9.0 -17.3 265 29 324.6 324.9 291.4 329.0 1.24 13 400 7546 -19.9 -32.7 31 12.7 -22.4 263 28 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.3 0.61 14 350 8523 -26.0 -42.0 21 15.9 -28.1 250 34 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 15 300 9618 -35.4 -43.5 43 8.1 -36.1 234 32 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.6 0.27 16 250 10862 -45.0 -49.4 62 4.3 -45.3 227 26 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.17 17 200 12308 -57.1 -61.7 56 4.6 -57.2 231 36 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14122 -54.0 -80.1 3 26.1 -54.4 245 22 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16689 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 215 9 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.43 m Freezing level: 579.92 mb = 4696.24 m = 15407.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.06 mb = 4136.11 m = 13569.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.32 mb = 1133.72 m = 3719.52 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1500.95 m = 4924.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -6.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.52 C K Index: 32.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 574.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2075.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.33 mb = 1261.15 m = 4137.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.33 mb = 3280.67 m = 10763.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.33 mb = 12996.13 m = 42637.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2027.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.33 mb = 15570.55 m = 51083.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.0 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 231.0 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 432.1 neg: -26.0 tot: 406.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.54 Bulk Rich Number: 18.21 Bulk Shear: 113.99 m/s