MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 44.42,-102.42 Latitude: 44.42 Longitude: -102.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 1 950 607 SFC 933 766 25.2 18.2 65 7.1 20.3 151 16 304.4 307.0 295.9 346.7 14.21 3 900 1080 21.3 17.0 76 4.3 18.4 154 21 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.0 13.67 4 850 1573 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 160 21 303.5 306.0 295.2 343.7 13.55 5 800 2088 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 196 17 305.8 308.0 294.7 341.8 12.01 6 750 2631 11.0 8.8 87 2.1 9.6 193 17 308.5 310.3 293.7 337.4 9.53 7 700 3203 7.8 2.4 69 5.4 4.8 221 13 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.3 6.50 8 650 3813 5.6 -4.3 49 9.9 0.7 264 12 315.3 316.1 291.4 328.9 4.26 9 600 4460 -0.0 -8.7 52 8.7 -3.8 271 15 316.1 316.7 290.8 326.8 3.30 10 550 5150 -5.3 -12.6 57 7.2 -8.2 282 21 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.5 2.64 11 500 5890 -10.8 -18.7 52 7.9 -13.3 283 25 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.8 1.75 12 450 6692 -16.3 -21.6 64 5.3 -17.8 282 28 322.7 323.0 291.1 327.9 1.51 13 400 7565 -23.1 -38.3 24 15.2 -25.4 272 24 325.0 325.0 290.6 326.3 0.35 14 350 8527 -30.6 -45.5 22 14.9 -32.1 245 21 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.19 15 300 9603 -39.0 -45.0 53 5.9 -39.5 192 18 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.23 16 250 10826 -48.3 -55.7 42 7.5 -48.6 161 16 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.08 17 200 12280 -50.6 -72.0 6 21.4 -51.0 247 9 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 14147 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 288 23 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16707 -60.6 -87.7 2 27.2 -60.9 306 22 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.27 m Freezing level: 600.27 mb = 4456.65 m = 14621.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.64 mb = 3904.87 m = 12811.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.51 mb = 1658.13 m = 5439.98 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1702.63 m = 5586.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.72 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1805.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.04 mb = 1652.73 m = 5422.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.04 mb = 1805.47 m = 5923.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.04 mb = 11747.30 m = 38540.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1786.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.04 mb = 14717.53 m = 48285.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 92.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.50 Bulk Shear: 97.61 m/s