MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 45.41,-97.95 Latitude: 45.41 Longitude: -97.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 965 449 20.3 17.3 83 3.0 18.3 165 6 296.5 298.9 292.8 334.0 13.00 2 950 580 18.5 16.7 89 1.9 17.3 166 7 296.0 298.3 292.4 332.4 12.65 3 900 1043 16.5 15.6 95 0.9 15.9 194 8 298.5 300.7 293.0 334.8 12.48 4 850 1529 15.1 12.5 84 2.6 13.4 168 7 301.9 303.9 292.7 333.7 10.75 5 800 2041 12.1 8.8 80 3.3 10.1 193 5 304.1 305.7 291.9 330.8 8.94 6 750 2579 8.6 6.7 88 2.0 7.5 266 3 305.9 307.5 291.9 330.7 8.22 7 700 3147 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.6 279 6 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.0 7.48 8 650 3749 1.9 -1.2 80 3.1 0.3 288 8 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.9 5.39 9 600 4391 -2.0 -6.2 73 4.2 -3.9 298 9 313.8 314.6 290.7 326.6 4.01 10 550 5077 -5.8 -13.9 53 8.1 -8.8 297 7 317.3 317.7 290.3 325.1 2.38 11 500 5818 -10.0 -25.7 26 15.7 -14.2 282 8 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.94 12 450 6623 -14.9 -31.5 23 16.6 -18.5 294 8 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.7 0.61 13 400 7502 -21.1 -38.4 20 17.2 -23.9 313 7 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 14 350 8471 -28.6 -36.6 46 8.0 -29.8 323 7 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.47 15 300 9556 -37.2 -43.7 51 6.5 -37.8 269 11 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.27 16 250 10790 -47.3 -54.3 45 7.0 -47.6 231 12 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.09 17 200 12225 -56.7 -66.7 27 9.9 -56.9 280 12 342.9 343.0 295.0 343.1 0.02 18 150 14069 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 302 19 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16640 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 321 9 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.13 m Freezing level: 625.49 mb = 4063.47 m = 13331.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.29 mb = 3794.86 m = 12450.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.98 mb = 826.99 m = 2713.19 ft T: 17.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 4.06 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1660.01 m = 5446.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.83 mb = 1111.06 m = 3645.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.83 mb = 2713.44 m = 8902.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.83 mb = 8720.40 m = 28609.88 ft B at Equ Level: 122.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.83 mb = 11386.63 m = 37357.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.6 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 296.6 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -10.4 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.35 Bulk Shear: 13.15 m/s