MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.04,-98.47 Latitude: 44.04 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 961 452 22.9 21.8 94 1.0 22.2 94 8 299.4 302.6 296.7 350.3 17.41 2 950 549 21.9 21.3 96 0.6 21.5 100 12 299.4 302.5 296.4 349.0 16.98 3 900 1020 21.5 18.8 85 2.7 19.6 161 21 303.6 306.5 296.4 349.1 15.32 4 850 1514 18.0 16.8 93 1.2 17.2 196 17 305.0 307.7 296.1 347.7 14.29 5 800 2032 14.7 14.4 98 0.4 14.5 243 17 306.9 309.3 295.7 345.9 12.98 6 750 2576 11.2 8.6 84 2.6 9.6 288 21 308.7 310.5 293.7 337.4 9.40 7 700 3149 7.3 2.5 71 4.8 4.6 292 26 310.6 311.8 292.0 330.9 6.57 8 650 3755 3.1 -0.6 77 3.7 1.2 300 33 312.5 313.6 291.7 330.2 5.65 9 600 4398 -1.8 -3.3 90 1.5 -2.6 303 37 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.8 4.99 10 550 5085 -5.9 -9.6 75 3.7 -7.4 304 41 317.1 317.7 291.2 328.0 3.36 11 500 5825 -10.4 -14.3 73 3.9 -11.8 308 41 320.4 320.8 291.3 328.7 2.52 12 450 6630 -15.3 -20.9 62 5.6 -16.9 310 35 324.0 324.4 291.6 329.6 1.61 13 400 7508 -21.3 -26.8 61 5.5 -22.6 315 30 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.1 1.06 14 350 8480 -27.9 -31.9 68 4.0 -28.6 328 26 331.2 331.3 292.8 334.0 0.76 15 300 9568 -36.5 -39.9 71 3.4 -36.8 344 25 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.40 16 250 10803 -47.4 -51.2 65 3.8 -47.6 335 20 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 17 200 12240 -55.6 -63.1 39 7.5 -55.8 301 16 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14085 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 313 17 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16645 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.5 333 16 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.60 m Freezing level: 618.43 mb = 4160.96 m = 13651.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.11 mb = 3953.60 m = 12970.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.82 mb = 578.64 m = 1898.39 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 21.14 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1455.02 m = 4773.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 27.18 C K Index: 40.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2466.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.80 mb = 1147.85 m = 3765.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.80 mb = 1802.57 m = 5913.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.80 mb = 12508.77 m = 41038.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2460.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.80 mb = 15941.11 m = 52299.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.2 neg: -7.4 tot: 414.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.89 Bulk Rich Number: 9.91 Bulk Shear: 248.88 m/s