MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 44.44,-104.77 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 554 2 900 1038 SFC 869 1348 27.9 14.5 44 13.4 18.7 148 7 313.4 315.7 296.8 350.6 12.04 4 850 1544 25.2 13.6 49 11.5 17.3 153 8 312.5 314.7 296.3 348.2 11.60 5 800 2072 19.9 12.4 62 7.5 14.9 153 9 312.4 314.5 296.1 347.5 11.41 6 750 2624 15.0 9.4 69 5.7 11.4 155 7 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.5 9.90 7 700 3205 11.7 -0.1 44 11.8 5.3 310 8 315.4 316.5 292.4 332.7 5.43 8 650 3819 7.0 -7.0 36 14.0 0.4 325 14 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.2 3.48 9 600 4470 1.4 -11.3 38 12.7 -3.9 311 16 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.6 2.69 10 550 5162 -4.7 -14.7 45 10.0 -8.4 291 16 318.5 318.9 290.5 325.9 2.22 11 500 5903 -10.9 -21.8 40 10.9 -14.0 279 18 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.3 1.34 12 450 6702 -17.4 -29.0 36 11.7 -19.9 283 17 321.4 321.5 290.0 324.1 0.77 13 400 7571 -24.3 -35.1 36 10.8 -26.0 279 17 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.2 0.48 14 350 8531 -30.6 -47.0 19 16.4 -32.1 273 20 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.16 15 300 9607 -38.5 -56.9 13 18.3 -39.5 255 19 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.06 16 250 10839 -46.4 -60.4 19 14.0 -46.9 118 17 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.04 17 200 12298 -50.9 -70.0 9 19.1 -51.3 272 17 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14162 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.6 291 20 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16729 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 300 16 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.49 m Freezing level: 588.59 mb = 4628.23 m = 15184.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.04 mb = 3881.75 m = 12735.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.80 mb = 3028.93 m = 9937.32 ft T: 12.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 26.50 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.96 mb = 3433.80 m = 11265.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.43 C = 86.78 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2148.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.98 mb = 3038.58 m = 9968.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.98 mb = 3832.21 m = 12572.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.98 mb = 12010.29 m = 39403.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2128.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.98 mb = 15628.88 m = 51275.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.2 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 317.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.4 neg: -4.6 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 39.73 Bulk Shear: 54.06 m/s