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: 46.53,-98.07 Latitude: 46.53 Longitude: -98.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 963 423 23.5 22.6 95 0.8 22.9 157 9 299.9 303.2 297.3 353.3 18.24 2 950 539 23.4 22.1 93 1.3 22.5 166 17 301.0 304.2 297.4 353.8 17.95 3 900 1012 21.9 20.4 92 1.4 20.8 178 39 304.0 307.2 297.7 354.8 17.04 4 850 1508 19.3 19.0 98 0.4 19.1 196 47 306.4 309.5 297.8 355.8 16.46 5 800 2029 16.6 16.4 98 0.3 16.4 220 45 308.9 311.6 297.4 353.7 14.79 6 750 2578 13.1 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 241 39 310.8 313.1 296.2 348.2 12.22 7 700 3155 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.3 254 32 312.9 314.5 294.0 338.8 8.37 8 650 3766 5.6 0.2 68 5.4 2.7 264 26 315.3 316.4 292.8 334.1 5.97 9 600 4416 1.7 -12.6 34 14.3 -4.1 257 27 318.1 318.5 290.6 326.1 2.42 10 550 5110 -3.5 -21.1 24 17.6 -9.2 248 36 319.9 320.2 290.1 324.4 1.29 11 500 5854 -8.8 -31.7 14 22.9 -14.1 249 33 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.3 0.54 12 450 6662 -14.5 -32.2 21 17.7 -18.3 253 30 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.1 0.57 13 400 7541 -21.0 -33.8 31 12.8 -23.3 261 31 327.7 327.9 291.6 329.8 0.55 14 350 8513 -28.4 -41.0 29 12.6 -30.0 252 32 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.30 15 300 9600 -36.1 -42.2 53 6.1 -36.7 202 27 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.31 16 250 10843 -45.0 -48.8 66 3.7 -45.2 184 38 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 17 200 12292 -56.5 -60.6 60 4.1 -56.6 145 10 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14118 -52.6 -75.9 4 23.2 -53.1 245 29 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.01 19 100 16701 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 243 5 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.63 m Freezing level: 583.85 mb = 4639.86 m = 15222.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.46 mb = 4013.76 m = 13168.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.34 mb = 526.62 m = 1727.73 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 31.56 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1365.57 m = 4480.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.66 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 27.75 C K Index: 43.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 615.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3000.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.22 mb = 1048.37 m = 3439.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.22 mb = 2015.95 m = 6613.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.22 mb = 12918.04 m = 42381.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2988.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 666.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 666.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.6 stream: 12.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.03 Bulk Rich Number: 23.74 Bulk Shear: 126.39 m/s