MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.16,-97.87 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -97.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 966 399 24.8 22.4 87 2.3 23.1 160 17 300.9 304.2 297.4 353.8 17.98 2 950 545 24.0 22.0 88 2.1 22.5 163 28 301.6 304.8 297.5 353.9 17.75 3 900 1018 21.7 20.6 93 1.2 20.9 178 46 303.9 307.1 297.7 355.0 17.17 4 850 1514 19.2 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 200 49 306.3 309.3 297.7 354.9 16.20 5 800 2035 16.8 16.3 97 0.5 16.5 222 43 309.0 311.8 297.4 353.8 14.76 6 750 2585 14.1 13.9 99 0.2 13.9 235 37 311.8 314.4 297.3 353.0 13.41 7 700 3164 10.1 8.8 92 1.2 9.3 244 31 313.6 315.6 295.6 345.4 10.23 8 650 3776 5.5 1.4 75 4.2 3.2 257 23 315.2 316.5 293.3 335.7 6.51 9 600 4426 1.4 -9.6 44 11.0 -3.4 252 34 317.7 318.3 291.1 327.8 3.08 10 550 5120 -3.9 -14.6 43 10.8 -7.9 246 39 319.5 319.9 290.8 326.9 2.23 11 500 5863 -9.5 -25.5 26 16.0 -13.9 248 35 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.8 0.96 12 450 6668 -15.0 -34.4 17 19.4 -18.8 255 33 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.46 13 400 7546 -21.3 -31.1 41 9.9 -23.2 263 32 327.4 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.71 14 350 8518 -28.3 -41.6 27 13.2 -30.0 265 33 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.28 15 300 9604 -36.4 -56.0 11 19.7 -37.5 226 21 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.06 16 250 10845 -45.4 -54.6 35 9.2 -45.8 194 39 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.09 17 200 12295 -56.8 -60.9 60 4.0 -56.9 120 9 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14120 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 244 28 378.6 378.6 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16702 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 268 3 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.00 m Freezing level: 586.80 mb = 4609.39 m = 15122.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.74 mb = 4085.15 m = 13402.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.91 mb = 694.27 m = 2277.75 ft T: 23.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 30.21 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1340.04 m = 4396.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -8.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -8.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 28.26 C K Index: 46.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 634.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3081.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.92 mb = 1057.23 m = 3468.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.92 mb = 2240.48 m = 7350.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.92 mb = 12931.41 m = 42425.36 ft B at Equ Level: 3074.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 638.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 632.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 210.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.21 Bulk Rich Number: 19.19 Bulk Shear: 160.60 m/s