MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.91,-97.23 Latitude: 45.91 Longitude: -97.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 969 399 28.3 22.6 71 5.7 24.1 173 9 304.2 307.5 298.3 358.1 18.10 2 950 573 27.2 21.2 70 5.9 22.9 180 16 304.8 307.9 297.8 355.3 16.94 3 900 1050 23.0 19.8 82 3.2 20.7 194 18 305.2 308.2 297.5 354.1 16.36 4 850 1546 18.5 17.2 92 1.3 17.6 209 17 305.5 308.2 296.5 349.5 14.70 5 800 2064 15.3 10.5 73 4.9 12.3 229 14 307.5 309.4 293.8 337.8 10.01 6 750 2609 12.8 5.7 62 7.1 8.6 258 8 310.5 311.9 292.8 334.1 7.67 7 700 3185 8.6 3.8 72 4.8 5.8 280 11 312.0 313.4 292.9 334.3 7.17 8 650 3793 4.2 -1.8 65 6.0 1.1 267 15 313.7 314.7 291.7 330.0 5.16 9 600 4438 -0.3 -8.1 56 7.8 -3.7 259 20 315.8 316.5 290.9 327.0 3.47 10 550 5128 -4.7 -18.4 33 13.7 -9.3 260 24 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.0 1.63 11 500 5870 -9.5 -24.7 28 15.1 -13.7 267 25 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.0 1.03 12 450 6674 -15.2 -30.3 26 15.1 -18.5 280 25 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.69 13 400 7555 -20.5 -39.4 17 18.9 -23.5 294 35 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.31 14 350 8528 -28.0 -39.8 32 11.8 -29.5 297 43 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.34 15 300 9613 -37.6 -42.4 61 4.8 -38.0 300 46 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.31 16 250 10842 -48.1 -52.5 61 4.3 -48.3 304 50 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 17 200 12275 -58.1 -63.5 50 5.4 -58.2 301 48 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 14094 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 270 21 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16663 -56.3 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 218 11 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.24 m Freezing level: 603.16 mb = 4397.53 m = 14427.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.82 mb = 3932.64 m = 12902.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.38 mb = 1123.44 m = 3685.77 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 24.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.30 mb = 1461.30 m = 4794.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.54 C = 85.18 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -8.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.21 C Showalter Index: -6.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.76 C K Index: 40.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3471.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.37 mb = 1400.16 m = 4593.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.37 mb = 1551.97 m = 5091.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.37 mb = 13326.42 m = 43721.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3403.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.9 neg: -13.4 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 79.09 Bulk Shear: 43.90 m/s