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: 46.38,-97.84 Latitude: 46.38 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 966 395 24.5 22.3 87 2.3 22.9 160 17 300.7 303.9 297.3 352.9 17.78 2 950 539 23.9 21.7 87 2.2 22.3 162 29 301.5 304.7 297.3 353.0 17.46 3 900 1012 21.9 20.1 90 1.8 20.6 176 49 304.1 307.2 297.4 353.8 16.69 4 850 1508 19.3 19.1 99 0.2 19.2 195 54 306.3 309.4 298.0 356.2 16.61 5 800 2029 16.6 16.4 98 0.3 16.5 217 51 308.9 311.7 297.4 353.8 14.81 6 750 2578 13.2 12.5 95 0.7 12.7 232 44 310.9 313.2 296.3 348.3 12.21 7 700 3156 9.8 6.0 77 3.8 7.5 238 37 313.3 314.9 294.2 339.5 8.41 8 650 3769 6.7 0.9 67 5.8 3.5 254 26 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.5 6.30 9 600 4421 2.2 -11.6 35 13.8 -3.6 259 32 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.3 2.63 10 550 5116 -3.4 -16.8 35 13.4 -8.2 252 39 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.3 1.86 11 500 5859 -9.5 -25.0 27 15.5 -13.7 254 35 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.0 1.00 12 450 6664 -14.9 -33.2 19 18.3 -18.7 258 32 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.52 13 400 7544 -21.1 -38.2 20 17.1 -23.8 266 35 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.36 14 350 8515 -28.4 -39.6 33 11.2 -29.9 254 32 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.8 0.35 15 300 9602 -35.8 -42.1 53 6.2 -36.5 194 22 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.1 0.32 16 250 10846 -45.0 -48.9 65 3.8 -45.3 191 37 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.18 17 200 12295 -57.0 -61.0 60 4.0 -57.1 130 5 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14120 -52.7 -76.6 4 23.9 -53.2 246 29 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.01 19 100 16703 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 261 4 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.06 m Freezing level: 580.48 mb = 4692.02 m = 15393.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.48 mb = 4082.07 m = 13392.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.86 mb = 679.57 m = 2229.54 ft T: 23.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 31.23 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1436.58 m = 4713.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -8.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 28.57 C K Index: 44.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 669.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2859.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.60 mb = 1093.47 m = 3587.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.60 mb = 2172.77 m = 7128.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.60 mb = 13084.07 m = 42926.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2814.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.60 mb = 16295.50 m = 53462.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 803.4 neg: -8.6 tot: 794.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 264.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.2 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 14.15 Bulk Rich Number: 15.32 Bulk Shear: 186.66 m/s