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: 44.78,-102.25 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -102.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 599 SFC 932 767 24.0 18.5 71 5.5 20.1 104 16 303.2 305.9 295.8 346.3 14.52 3 900 1072 21.6 17.3 76 4.3 18.6 111 27 303.8 306.3 295.5 345.1 13.90 4 850 1566 17.6 16.1 91 1.5 16.6 137 27 304.6 307.1 295.6 345.4 13.68 5 800 2083 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 155 27 307.0 309.4 295.9 346.9 13.25 6 750 2628 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 187 19 309.8 312.0 295.7 345.8 11.83 7 700 3203 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.6 252 14 311.3 312.9 293.4 336.5 8.16 8 650 3812 5.0 -2.6 58 7.6 1.1 298 20 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.1 4.87 9 600 4460 0.5 -7.6 55 8.1 -3.1 303 31 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.4 3.60 10 550 5150 -5.5 -12.3 58 6.9 -8.2 303 34 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.5 2.70 11 500 5890 -11.2 -17.1 61 6.0 -13.2 299 30 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.1 1.99 12 450 6690 -16.3 -24.4 49 8.2 -18.4 284 22 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.9 1.17 13 400 7566 -22.1 -36.6 26 14.5 -24.5 270 17 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.8 0.41 14 350 8531 -30.1 -45.7 20 15.7 -31.6 246 14 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.18 15 300 9612 -37.4 -47.8 33 10.4 -38.2 144 14 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.17 16 250 10845 -47.0 -54.0 45 6.9 -47.3 96 13 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 17 200 12293 -52.1 -68.1 13 16.0 -52.4 264 17 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14148 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 293 25 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16710 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.5 303 24 411.3 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.52 m Freezing level: 595.78 mb = 4518.17 m = 14823.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.76 mb = 3978.60 m = 13052.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.85 mb = 1466.38 m = 4810.91 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.82 mb = 1915.82 m = 6285.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 42.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1800.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.28 mb = 1664.02 m = 5459.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.28 mb = 2793.53 m = 9165.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.28 mb = 11815.14 m = 38763.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1794.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.28 mb = 15286.01 m = 50150.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.2 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 305.2 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 428.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.30 Bulk Rich Number: 5.77 Bulk Shear: 312.22 m/s