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: 46.95,-98.79 Latitude: 46.95 Longitude: -98.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 955 472 27.2 22.3 75 4.9 23.6 156 13 304.3 307.6 298.3 358.1 18.04 2 950 521 27.2 21.7 72 5.5 23.2 157 17 304.8 308.1 298.1 357.1 17.50 3 900 998 23.6 19.9 80 3.7 20.9 168 30 305.8 308.9 297.7 355.2 16.47 4 850 1496 19.4 18.5 95 0.9 18.8 178 33 306.5 309.5 297.6 354.5 15.98 5 800 2016 15.9 15.7 98 0.2 15.8 196 35 308.1 310.8 296.8 351.0 14.16 6 750 2563 12.6 11.1 91 1.5 11.6 220 35 310.2 312.3 295.3 344.1 11.10 7 700 3140 9.6 4.9 73 4.7 6.8 243 22 313.1 314.6 293.6 337.3 7.78 8 650 3753 6.9 -2.7 50 9.6 2.0 250 22 316.8 317.7 292.3 332.3 4.82 9 600 4405 2.6 -20.4 16 23.0 -5.3 237 29 319.1 319.4 289.8 323.4 1.26 10 550 5100 -3.0 -22.5 21 19.5 -9.1 234 37 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.5 1.14 11 500 5845 -9.1 -23.4 30 14.3 -13.2 236 36 321.9 322.2 290.6 326.0 1.16 12 450 6651 -15.1 -30.5 25 15.5 -18.4 246 30 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.7 0.67 13 400 7530 -20.5 -44.7 10 24.2 -23.8 256 25 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.18 14 350 8503 -28.1 -44.3 20 16.2 -30.0 250 22 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 15 300 9591 -36.2 -52.6 17 16.4 -37.3 212 27 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.10 16 250 10833 -45.4 -51.4 51 6.0 -45.7 183 38 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.13 17 200 12281 -56.3 -60.8 57 4.4 -56.4 200 39 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 14112 -53.7 -80.7 2 27.0 -54.1 219 25 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16687 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 227 13 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.36 m Freezing level: 576.62 mb = 4730.16 m = 15518.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.56 mb = 3922.93 m = 12870.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.08 mb = 1094.73 m = 3591.60 ft T: 22.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 34.67 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1539.21 m = 5049.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 27.63 C K Index: 42.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 597.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3161.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.85 mb = 1415.73 m = 4644.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.85 mb = 1670.70 m = 5481.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.85 mb = 13209.55 m = 43337.89 ft B at Equ Level: 3110.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.4 neg: -6.0 tot: 330.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.39 Bulk Rich Number: 33.90 Bulk Shear: 93.27 m/s