MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.64,-97.60 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 951 529 28.4 22.0 68 6.4 23.6 176 8 305.8 309.1 298.5 359.0 17.71 2 950 541 28.3 21.5 67 6.7 23.3 178 8 305.9 309.1 298.2 357.7 17.27 3 900 1019 23.8 20.3 81 3.4 21.3 187 15 306.0 309.2 298.1 356.8 16.93 4 850 1517 19.3 18.1 93 1.2 18.4 203 13 306.4 309.3 297.3 353.0 15.54 5 800 2036 15.1 13.7 91 1.4 14.2 244 9 307.3 309.6 295.4 344.8 12.43 6 750 2580 11.0 6.8 75 4.2 8.5 286 13 308.5 310.1 292.7 333.9 8.31 7 700 3151 6.6 -1.2 57 7.8 2.6 288 19 309.8 310.7 290.4 325.4 5.00 8 650 3756 4.3 -21.1 14 25.4 -4.2 295 21 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.5 1.09 9 600 4402 0.6 -28.8 9 29.4 -7.4 298 22 316.8 316.9 288.4 318.9 0.59 10 550 5093 -4.1 -34.6 7 30.5 -11.0 297 19 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.37 11 500 5837 -8.7 -31.8 14 23.1 -14.0 297 17 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.3 0.53 12 450 6644 -14.8 -36.6 14 21.8 -18.8 292 16 324.7 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.37 13 400 7523 -21.3 -41.7 14 20.5 -24.2 282 16 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.25 14 350 8491 -29.4 -45.6 19 16.2 -31.0 269 16 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.19 15 300 9572 -37.8 -53.8 17 16.0 -38.8 236 13 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.08 16 250 10803 -46.9 -59.0 24 12.1 -47.3 256 15 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 17 200 12252 -54.1 -66.4 20 12.4 -54.3 294 24 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14102 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 297 23 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16670 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 321 7 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.87 m Freezing level: 593.48 mb = 4492.17 m = 14737.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.89 mb = 3376.88 m = 11078.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.08 mb = 1343.63 m = 4408.18 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 41.51 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1530.58 m = 5021.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -7.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.60 C Showalter Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.80 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3586.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.90 mb = 1487.14 m = 4879.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.90 mb = 1639.58 m = 5379.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.90 mb = 13004.62 m = 42665.57 ft B at Equ Level: 3553.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 81.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 60.82 Bulk Shear: 58.97 m/s