MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 44.74,-102 Latitude: 44.74 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 1 950 615 SFC 940 710 19.8 18.6 93 1.2 19.0 121 13 298.2 300.8 294.4 340.3 14.50 3 900 1080 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.9 137 26 299.0 301.4 293.9 338.3 13.50 4 850 1568 15.8 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 173 24 302.6 305.1 294.7 341.8 13.24 5 800 2082 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 195 8 305.5 307.7 294.5 340.8 11.76 6 750 2624 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 204 14 308.1 310.1 294.2 339.7 10.39 7 700 3197 7.5 4.7 82 2.8 5.9 231 11 310.8 312.3 292.9 334.5 7.67 8 650 3805 4.1 -0.7 71 4.7 1.6 275 12 313.6 314.7 292.0 331.3 5.62 9 600 4450 -0.2 -6.7 62 6.5 -3.2 281 18 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.2 3.85 10 550 5140 -5.0 -12.7 55 7.7 -8.0 293 25 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.8 2.63 11 500 5882 -10.2 -19.9 45 9.6 -13.2 290 28 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.58 12 450 6684 -15.9 -24.0 50 8.1 -18.0 281 25 323.2 323.5 291.0 327.5 1.22 13 400 7561 -22.2 -31.8 41 9.6 -24.0 274 20 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.6 0.67 14 350 8527 -29.8 -39.5 39 9.7 -31.0 252 10 328.6 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.36 15 300 9606 -38.5 -46.5 43 8.0 -39.1 159 10 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10831 -48.2 -56.1 39 8.0 -48.5 131 15 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 17 200 12283 -50.9 -71.5 7 20.6 -51.3 239 16 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14142 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 290 25 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16700 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 312 26 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.82 m Freezing level: 602.82 mb = 4413.92 m = 14481.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4014.16 m = 13169.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.61 mb = 857.40 m = 2812.96 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 15.85 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1139.37 m = 3738.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.98 C = 69.77 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1044.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.13 mb = 1231.75 m = 4041.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.13 mb = 3089.59 m = 10136.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.13 mb = 11398.13 m = 37394.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1028.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.13 mb = 13760.24 m = 45144.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.9 neg: -25.0 tot: 210.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 6.37 Bulk Shear: 164.05 m/s