MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.72,-96.51 Latitude: 46.72 Longitude: -96.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 979 311 29.1 23.8 73 5.3 25.2 183 10 304.1 307.7 299.0 361.7 19.30 2 950 574 26.9 22.4 76 4.5 23.6 187 16 304.5 307.9 298.5 359.0 18.26 3 900 1051 22.4 21.4 94 1.0 21.6 196 17 304.6 307.9 298.4 358.5 18.07 4 850 1547 19.0 17.0 88 2.0 17.6 223 19 306.0 308.7 296.5 349.5 14.50 5 800 2065 15.7 8.8 64 6.9 11.4 242 15 307.9 309.6 293.1 335.1 8.94 6 750 2611 14.0 -6.2 24 20.2 4.3 273 19 311.8 312.4 289.3 322.0 3.19 7 700 3188 9.4 0.4 53 9.0 4.5 259 23 312.9 313.9 291.9 330.5 5.63 8 650 3797 3.9 1.6 85 2.3 2.7 255 25 313.4 314.7 292.8 334.1 6.63 9 600 4442 -0.4 -7.2 60 6.9 -3.5 264 36 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.6 3.70 10 550 5132 -5.1 -23.3 23 18.2 -10.5 262 40 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.7 1.06 11 500 5872 -10.4 -20.2 44 9.9 -13.4 265 37 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.6 1.53 12 450 6674 -15.8 -29.5 30 13.7 -18.8 272 38 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.74 13 400 7553 -20.8 -42.1 13 21.3 -23.8 280 38 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.24 14 350 8525 -28.5 -37.7 41 9.3 -29.7 285 38 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.42 15 300 9608 -37.6 -40.9 71 3.4 -37.9 284 41 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 16 250 10838 -48.5 -51.8 69 3.2 -48.7 287 44 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12268 -57.1 -65.2 35 8.1 -57.3 289 35 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 14092 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 268 29 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16668 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 217 11 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.16 m Freezing level: 604.12 mb = 4389.27 m = 14400.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.31 mb = 4070.56 m = 13354.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.04 mb = 981.93 m = 3221.52 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 39.70 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.15 mb = 1234.30 m = 4049.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -10.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.47 C Showalter Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.33 C Cross Totals Index: 27.37 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4288.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.65 mb = 1160.74 m = 3808.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.65 mb = 1308.53 m = 4293.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.65 mb = 13540.10 m = 44422.37 ft B at Equ Level: 4223.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 284.3 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.0 neg: -9.2 tot: 95.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.63 Bulk Rich Number: 54.44 Bulk Shear: 78.79 m/s