MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.78,-99.18 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 952 503 31.7 21.6 55 10.1 24.2 186 10 309.1 312.4 299.0 361.7 17.30 2 950 523 31.4 21.0 54 10.4 23.8 187 11 309.1 312.2 298.7 359.9 16.72 3 900 1005 26.8 19.7 65 7.1 21.6 195 16 309.1 312.2 298.4 358.6 16.28 4 850 1508 21.9 18.7 82 3.2 19.6 202 18 309.1 312.2 298.4 358.3 16.18 5 800 2032 17.3 16.0 92 1.3 16.4 226 18 309.6 312.4 297.4 353.6 14.44 6 750 2580 13.0 10.5 85 2.5 11.4 255 20 310.7 312.7 295.1 343.5 10.72 7 700 3156 8.5 2.6 66 5.9 5.2 264 24 311.9 313.1 292.4 332.4 6.61 8 650 3766 6.3 -15.9 19 22.1 -2.3 246 31 316.0 316.4 289.3 321.7 1.70 9 600 4417 3.1 -35.6 4 38.7 -6.5 244 34 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.31 10 550 5115 -1.8 -21.4 21 19.6 -8.2 253 32 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.4 1.26 11 500 5863 -8.1 -18.4 44 10.2 -11.6 257 34 323.1 323.5 291.5 329.3 1.80 12 450 6672 -13.7 -27.0 32 13.2 -17.1 260 33 326.0 326.1 291.5 329.3 0.93 13 400 7555 -20.3 -34.9 26 14.6 -22.9 264 30 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.5 0.49 14 350 8527 -28.3 -44.8 19 16.5 -30.1 265 31 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.20 15 300 9614 -37.2 -53.7 16 16.5 -38.2 261 30 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 16 250 10846 -47.0 -61.2 18 14.3 -47.4 246 31 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12290 -55.4 -65.2 28 9.9 -55.6 244 32 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14128 -54.6 -80.6 3 26.0 -55.0 232 24 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16692 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 201 13 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.60 m Freezing level: 568.05 mb = 4862.72 m = 15953.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.22 mb = 3575.20 m = 11729.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.14 mb = 1785.21 m = 5856.91 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 40.91 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1943.53 m = 6376.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.43 C Showalter Index: -7.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 26.82 C K Index: 42.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3710.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.67 mb = 1885.21 m = 6184.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.67 mb = 2045.80 m = 6711.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.67 mb = 13378.23 m = 43891.29 ft B at Equ Level: 3663.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.8 neg: -3.2 tot: 89.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.90 Bulk Rich Number: 63.27 Bulk Shear: 58.64 m/s