MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.72,-100.04 Latitude: 43.72 Longitude: -100.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 187 SFC 959 556 24.4 16.4 61 8.0 18.9 153 16 301.2 303.4 293.6 337.3 12.29 2 950 635 23.3 15.8 63 7.4 18.3 154 17 300.8 303.0 293.3 336.1 12.00 3 900 1104 19.1 15.0 77 4.1 16.4 157 22 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.6 12.01 4 850 1593 14.6 12.9 89 1.7 13.5 160 22 301.5 303.5 292.8 334.1 11.06 5 800 2105 12.8 11.7 93 1.1 12.1 190 18 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.3 10.86 6 750 2645 9.6 6.0 79 3.5 7.5 206 15 307.0 308.4 291.9 330.8 7.86 7 700 3215 6.9 2.5 73 4.4 4.5 224 12 310.2 311.4 291.8 330.4 6.56 8 650 3821 3.3 0.1 79 3.3 1.6 245 14 312.8 313.9 292.1 331.3 5.93 9 600 4467 -0.3 -5.9 66 5.6 -2.9 274 19 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.0 4.11 10 550 5156 -5.7 -13.4 55 7.7 -8.6 282 23 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.5 2.48 11 500 5894 -10.9 -20.1 47 9.1 -13.7 276 21 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.0 1.55 12 450 6697 -16.1 -33.0 22 17.0 -19.4 269 17 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.53 13 400 7570 -23.0 -39.9 20 16.9 -25.4 263 16 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.30 14 350 8532 -31.0 -40.9 37 10.0 -32.1 269 14 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.30 15 300 9606 -38.8 -50.4 28 11.7 -39.5 282 11 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.13 16 250 10838 -46.4 -65.6 10 19.1 -47.0 299 8 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 17 200 12296 -50.9 -72.8 6 22.0 -51.3 278 16 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14157 -54.8 -80.7 3 25.9 -55.1 284 31 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16709 -61.4 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 305 27 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.07 m Freezing level: 603.88 mb = 4416.44 m = 14489.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.25 mb = 4044.29 m = 13268.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.18 mb = 1570.70 m = 5153.14 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.86 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1982.24 m = 6503.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 557.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.47 mb = 1637.72 m = 5373.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.47 mb = 3940.04 m = 12926.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.47 mb = 10560.63 m = 34647.32 ft B at Equ Level: 552.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.47 mb = 12611.66 m = 41376.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 74.74 m/s