MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.41,-97.79 Latitude: 45.41 Longitude: -97.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 956 494 25.6 21.8 80 3.8 22.9 159 10 302.7 305.9 297.6 354.5 17.51 2 950 547 25.8 21.1 75 4.8 22.4 161 11 303.4 306.5 297.3 353.1 16.76 3 900 1022 22.3 19.1 82 3.2 20.1 180 24 304.5 307.4 296.9 351.2 15.68 4 850 1517 18.1 15.8 87 2.3 16.5 185 27 305.1 307.6 295.6 345.2 13.43 5 800 2034 15.4 9.9 70 5.5 11.9 209 28 307.5 309.3 293.4 336.6 9.59 6 750 2579 11.9 9.2 84 2.6 10.2 217 40 309.5 311.3 294.1 339.4 9.81 7 700 3155 8.5 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 225 38 311.9 313.8 294.9 342.5 9.93 8 650 3765 5.6 3.7 87 1.9 4.5 217 33 315.3 316.8 294.2 339.4 7.70 9 600 4418 2.5 -2.9 67 5.5 -0.3 239 29 319.1 320.1 293.2 335.6 5.14 10 550 5115 -2.7 -11.9 49 9.2 -6.5 258 29 320.9 321.4 291.7 330.1 2.79 11 500 5861 -9.1 -18.6 46 9.6 -12.2 259 28 322.0 322.3 291.1 327.9 1.76 12 450 6667 -14.9 -29.8 27 14.8 -18.3 272 29 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.0 0.72 13 400 7544 -21.7 -37.7 22 15.9 -24.2 281 27 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.37 14 350 8515 -27.7 -56.4 5 28.6 -30.0 280 25 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 15 300 9603 -36.4 -55.5 12 19.1 -37.5 258 28 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.07 16 250 10843 -45.9 -51.0 56 5.1 -46.2 229 31 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.14 17 200 12288 -55.1 -64.6 30 9.6 -55.2 257 31 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14126 -54.2 -80.3 3 26.0 -54.6 245 25 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16684 -59.9 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 214 12 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.32 m Freezing level: 575.79 mb = 4755.35 m = 15601.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.88 mb = 4378.84 m = 14366.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.62 mb = 977.33 m = 3206.41 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.68 mb = 1510.00 m = 4954.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 42.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2316.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.07 mb = 1404.98 m = 4609.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.07 mb = 1760.68 m = 5776.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.07 mb = 12749.32 m = 41827.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2288.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.07 mb = 15744.13 m = 51653.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.5 neg: -20.2 tot: 265.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.66 Bulk Rich Number: 29.59 Bulk Shear: 78.28 m/s