MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.5,-103.35 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 498 2 900 976 SFC 885 1119 22.0 18.2 79 3.8 19.4 94 6 305.6 308.4 296.8 350.7 15.04 4 850 1475 23.2 16.4 66 6.8 18.5 156 27 310.5 313.1 297.3 353.1 13.96 5 800 2006 23.0 10.8 46 12.2 15.0 187 43 315.7 317.7 296.1 347.7 10.24 6 750 2565 19.3 9.1 51 10.2 12.7 196 38 317.5 319.4 296.2 348.1 9.70 7 700 3154 14.8 6.7 59 8.0 9.7 204 30 318.8 320.6 296.0 346.9 8.86 8 650 3776 9.4 4.9 73 4.6 6.6 213 25 319.6 321.3 295.8 346.3 8.37 9 600 4434 3.8 -0.1 75 3.9 1.7 225 24 320.5 321.8 294.6 340.9 6.34 10 550 5133 -2.1 -7.5 66 5.4 -4.6 239 20 321.6 322.4 292.9 334.6 3.95 11 500 5882 -8.5 -17.3 49 8.7 -11.6 252 25 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.3 1.97 12 450 6687 -15.4 -29.3 29 13.9 -18.6 265 28 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.75 13 400 7563 -22.1 -40.1 18 18.0 -24.6 273 29 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.29 14 350 8532 -28.5 -50.1 11 21.6 -30.4 264 29 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 15 300 9618 -37.0 -50.5 23 13.5 -37.9 270 26 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 16 250 10854 -45.3 -52.0 47 6.7 -45.6 279 55 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.13 17 200 12306 -56.1 -62.4 45 6.3 -56.2 282 77 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14137 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.7 256 36 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16673 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 206 19 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.36 m Freezing level: 567.66 mb = 4886.27 m = 16030.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.76 mb = 4613.18 m = 15134.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.17 mb = 1608.32 m = 5276.56 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km ThetaE index: 21.53 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.53 mb = 3577.55 m = 11737.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.56 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.04 C Showalter Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 40.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2232.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 271.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.04 mb = 2701.97 m = 8864.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.04 mb = 4256.97 m = 13966.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.04 mb = 12870.47 m = 42225.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2203.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.04 mb = 15906.31 m = 52185.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 484.8 neg: -6.2 tot: 478.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.74 Bulk Rich Number: 23.82 Bulk Shear: 93.72 m/s