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: 46.41,-98.00 Latitude: 46.41 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 412 24.3 22.5 89 1.8 23.0 164 14 300.6 303.9 297.4 353.7 18.07 2 950 539 24.2 22.0 87 2.2 22.6 167 24 301.7 305.0 297.5 354.2 17.76 3 900 1012 22.1 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 179 45 304.3 307.4 297.6 354.7 16.93 4 850 1509 19.3 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 197 51 306.4 309.4 297.8 355.8 16.46 5 800 2030 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.6 221 48 309.1 311.9 297.5 354.4 14.93 6 750 2579 13.2 12.4 95 0.8 12.7 240 42 310.9 313.2 296.2 348.2 12.18 7 700 3156 9.7 5.4 75 4.2 7.1 248 36 313.2 314.7 293.9 338.3 8.09 8 650 3768 5.9 -0.9 62 6.8 2.3 255 26 315.7 316.7 292.6 333.2 5.52 9 600 4418 1.9 -15.8 26 17.7 -4.8 258 29 318.3 318.6 290.1 324.5 1.86 10 550 5112 -3.5 -19.2 29 15.7 -8.8 250 37 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.1 1.53 11 500 5857 -9.0 -32.3 13 23.4 -14.3 253 34 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.0 0.51 12 450 6663 -14.7 -32.5 21 17.8 -18.4 258 31 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.56 13 400 7543 -21.0 -33.5 31 12.6 -23.3 266 32 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.8 0.56 14 350 8514 -28.3 -42.4 25 14.1 -30.0 260 33 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.26 15 300 9601 -36.3 -44.3 44 8.0 -37.0 206 24 334.2 334.2 293.1 335.2 0.25 16 250 10843 -45.0 -49.2 63 4.2 -45.3 190 38 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.17 17 200 12293 -56.8 -60.8 60 4.0 -56.8 148 9 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14119 -52.9 -76.5 4 23.6 -53.3 244 29 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.01 19 100 16702 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 256 4 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.67 m Freezing level: 582.66 mb = 4659.08 m = 15285.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.88 mb = 3972.02 m = 13031.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.53 mb = 645.25 m = 2116.95 ft T: 23.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 31.34 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1407.45 m = 4617.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 27.93 C K Index: 43.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 637.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3030.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.56 mb = 1103.98 m = 3621.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.56 mb = 2077.15 m = 6814.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.56 mb = 13120.08 m = 43044.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2985.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 745.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 742.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 247.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.75 Bulk Rich Number: 19.81 Bulk Shear: 152.95 m/s