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: 46.5,-97.36 Latitude: 46.50 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 973 325 27.3 21.1 69 6.2 22.8 142 21 302.7 305.8 296.9 351.1 16.35 2 950 539 25.3 20.0 72 5.3 21.5 144 35 302.9 305.8 296.5 349.3 15.67 3 900 1012 20.9 18.9 88 2.0 19.5 150 43 303.1 305.9 296.4 349.0 15.49 4 850 1505 18.4 16.6 89 1.8 17.2 172 45 305.4 308.1 296.1 347.7 14.11 5 800 2025 17.3 8.8 57 8.5 12.0 196 36 309.6 311.3 293.5 336.9 8.91 6 750 2574 15.3 1.1 38 14.2 7.4 199 25 313.2 314.3 291.9 330.6 5.53 7 700 3154 11.1 -1.6 41 12.8 4.4 200 26 314.8 315.8 291.8 330.3 4.86 8 650 3766 5.8 -4.0 49 9.8 1.0 207 29 315.6 316.4 291.6 329.6 4.39 9 600 4417 1.9 -4.1 64 6.0 -1.1 229 25 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.4 4.70 10 550 5113 -2.9 -12.6 47 9.7 -6.8 250 24 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.5 2.64 11 500 5858 -9.3 -16.3 57 7.0 -11.8 255 27 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.14 12 450 6664 -14.7 -26.3 37 11.6 -17.6 266 30 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.3 0.99 13 400 7546 -20.0 -35.3 24 15.2 -22.8 260 28 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.7 0.47 14 350 8523 -26.1 -46.2 13 20.1 -28.4 245 36 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.17 15 300 9617 -35.6 -45.3 36 9.7 -36.4 229 32 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.22 16 250 10859 -45.4 -50.6 55 5.3 -45.6 221 25 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.15 17 200 12305 -57.0 -62.3 51 5.3 -57.1 225 38 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 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: 5772.09 m Freezing level: 580.30 mb = 4690.99 m = 15390.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4063.21 m = 13330.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.37 mb = 1114.25 m = 3655.64 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 21.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2116.79 m = 6944.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.66 C = 94.39 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -6.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1885.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.51 mb = 1259.64 m = 4132.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.51 mb = 3399.52 m = 11153.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.51 mb = 12987.76 m = 42610.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1826.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.51 mb = 15560.41 m = 51050.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.6 neg: -31.0 tot: 403.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.03 Bulk Rich Number: 15.24 Bulk Shear: 123.72 m/s