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: 43.56,-102.64 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 503 SFC 911 875 23.5 20.3 82 3.2 21.2 131 13 304.7 307.8 297.6 354.5 16.69 3 900 979 23.2 20.2 83 3.0 21.0 136 20 305.4 308.5 297.8 355.5 16.73 4 850 1480 26.1 13.3 45 12.8 17.4 180 43 313.5 315.6 296.3 348.5 11.34 5 800 2012 23.0 10.8 46 12.3 14.9 195 38 315.7 317.7 296.1 347.6 10.20 6 750 2571 19.2 9.0 51 10.3 12.6 210 29 317.5 319.3 296.1 347.8 9.64 7 700 3160 15.3 -2.5 29 17.8 5.8 213 17 319.4 320.3 292.8 334.1 4.55 8 650 3780 9.6 -6.2 32 15.9 1.8 217 17 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.0 3.70 9 600 4437 3.6 -6.6 47 10.2 -1.3 230 17 320.3 321.1 292.5 333.0 3.89 10 550 5135 -2.6 -6.5 74 3.9 -4.4 245 20 321.0 321.8 293.0 335.0 4.27 11 500 5883 -9.0 -13.2 72 4.1 -10.6 265 27 322.0 322.6 292.0 331.3 2.78 12 450 6688 -15.6 -26.2 40 10.6 -18.2 280 31 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.1 1.00 13 400 7564 -21.5 -40.1 17 18.6 -24.2 276 26 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.29 14 350 8534 -28.7 -46.8 16 18.1 -30.5 263 25 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.16 15 300 9618 -37.2 -52.8 18 15.6 -38.2 273 23 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.10 16 250 10853 -45.6 -52.7 45 7.1 -45.9 285 57 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.12 17 200 12305 -55.6 -64.4 32 8.8 -55.8 287 76 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 14139 -55.1 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 260 34 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16675 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 208 17 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.48 m Freezing level: 570.82 mb = 4844.66 m = 15894.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.44 mb = 4162.28 m = 13655.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.74 % Est. max temperature: 35.55 C = 95.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.96 mb = 1286.57 m = 4220.98 ft T: 24.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.87 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.38 mb = 3559.35 m = 11677.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.12 C = 100.62 F Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.49 C Showalter Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 589.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2308.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 333.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.98 mb = 2548.10 m = 8359.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.98 mb = 4208.12 m = 13806.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.98 mb = 12734.35 m = 41778.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2297.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.98 mb = 16252.92 m = 53322.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 456.7 neg: -37.8 tot: 418.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.58 Bulk Rich Number: 20.54 Bulk Shear: 112.44 m/s