MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.95,-98.55 Latitude: 46.95 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 962 451 23.0 21.7 93 1.3 22.1 175 10 299.5 302.6 296.6 349.9 17.26 2 950 556 22.2 21.5 96 0.6 21.7 179 15 299.7 302.8 296.7 350.2 17.27 3 900 1027 22.1 17.6 76 4.4 19.0 220 34 304.3 306.9 295.9 346.7 14.26 4 850 1523 20.1 16.4 79 3.7 17.5 248 35 307.2 309.8 296.5 349.3 13.95 5 800 2044 16.5 14.6 88 1.9 15.3 262 29 308.8 311.3 296.4 348.8 13.20 6 750 2591 13.0 4.7 57 8.3 8.1 260 23 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.8 7.15 7 700 3167 9.1 -4.6 38 13.6 2.4 258 25 312.5 313.2 290.2 324.9 3.89 8 650 3774 4.0 -10.1 35 14.1 -2.0 258 26 313.5 314.0 289.5 322.3 2.73 9 600 4419 -0.2 -22.0 18 21.8 -7.1 256 28 315.8 316.0 288.6 319.6 1.09 10 550 5108 -5.1 -30.9 11 25.8 -11.4 254 31 318.0 318.1 288.7 319.9 0.53 11 500 5848 -10.2 -38.1 8 27.9 -15.5 247 34 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.6 0.29 12 450 6651 -15.8 -33.3 21 17.4 -19.3 244 36 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.2 0.51 13 400 7526 -22.2 -32.4 39 10.2 -24.1 244 32 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.4 0.63 14 350 8495 -28.2 -43.7 21 15.5 -30.0 248 29 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.23 15 300 9580 -37.5 -48.4 31 10.8 -38.3 242 20 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 16 250 10814 -46.2 -50.5 61 4.3 -46.4 20 7 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.15 17 200 12257 -57.5 -62.5 53 5.0 -57.6 45 10 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14073 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 246 18 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16652 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 212 6 416.9 416.9 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.18 m Freezing level: 602.84 mb = 4382.55 m = 14378.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.96 mb = 3489.67 m = 11448.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.42 mb = 607.60 m = 1993.41 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 29.74 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 1975.16 m = 6480.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.58 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 26.66 C K Index: 33.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2335.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.01 mb = 1300.73 m = 4267.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.01 mb = 2736.63 m = 8978.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.01 mb = 12680.55 m = 41602.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2318.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.01 mb = 15652.90 m = 51354.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 337.1 neg: -12.5 tot: 324.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.86 Bulk Rich Number: 34.99 Bulk Shear: 66.73 m/s