MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.29,-100.28 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 534 SFC 930 726 32.3 17.9 42 14.5 22.0 357 3 311.9 314.5 297.7 354.8 13.97 3 900 1017 27.7 16.7 51 11.0 19.9 354 2 310.0 312.5 296.8 350.7 13.37 4 850 1520 22.6 15.5 64 7.1 17.7 342 2 309.9 312.4 296.6 349.9 13.15 5 800 2044 17.6 14.3 81 3.2 15.4 283 1 309.9 312.3 296.5 349.4 12.96 6 750 2592 13.5 6.3 62 7.2 9.2 237 5 311.3 312.8 293.3 336.0 8.02 7 700 3169 9.1 2.8 65 6.3 5.5 317 3 312.6 313.8 292.6 333.4 6.69 8 650 3778 4.2 0.8 79 3.4 2.3 264 5 313.7 314.9 292.6 333.3 6.24 9 600 4423 -0.7 -5.0 73 4.3 -2.8 273 13 315.3 316.1 291.5 329.3 4.38 10 550 5111 -6.4 -8.9 82 2.6 -7.5 290 16 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.0 3.53 11 500 5849 -12.4 -14.4 85 2.0 -13.0 299 16 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.3 2.51 12 450 6645 -17.5 -25.7 49 8.1 -19.5 314 14 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.8 1.05 13 400 7517 -23.0 -31.8 44 8.8 -24.6 308 10 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.5 0.66 14 350 8480 -30.3 -40.0 38 9.6 -31.5 284 12 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.34 15 300 9554 -40.2 -47.3 47 7.1 -40.6 247 21 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.18 16 250 10769 -49.2 -58.1 35 8.8 -49.6 226 25 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12222 -51.0 -72.9 6 22.0 -51.4 266 12 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14087 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 300 17 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16655 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.8 306 16 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.73 m Freezing level: 607.45 mb = 4327.24 m = 14196.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.39 mb = 4063.46 m = 13331.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.57 mb = 2540.53 m = 8334.97 ft T: 13.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 29.93 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.49 mb = 2541.44 m = 8337.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -9.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -9.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.01 C Cross Totals Index: 27.87 C K Index: 44.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3087.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.36 mb = 2431.04 m = 7975.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.36 mb = 2711.66 m = 8896.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.36 mb = 12242.97 m = 40166.73 ft B at Equ Level: 3068.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.36 mb = 16088.14 m = 52781.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 397.96 Bulk Shear: 7.76 m/s