MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.28,-98.53 Latitude: 44.28 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 961 442 30.1 21.0 58 9.1 23.5 148 17 306.7 309.8 298.0 356.3 16.49 2 950 544 28.8 20.4 60 8.4 22.7 150 24 306.4 309.4 297.6 354.6 16.04 3 900 1022 24.0 19.3 75 4.8 20.6 156 27 306.3 309.2 297.4 353.7 15.80 4 850 1520 20.4 17.6 84 2.8 18.4 182 25 307.5 310.3 297.3 352.9 15.06 5 800 2043 17.2 15.1 88 2.1 15.7 208 18 309.4 312.0 296.8 350.8 13.60 6 750 2591 12.8 10.4 85 2.4 11.3 238 15 310.5 312.5 295.1 343.1 10.64 7 700 3166 8.3 2.0 65 6.2 4.8 286 16 311.6 312.8 292.1 331.3 6.33 8 650 3774 4.5 -14.9 23 19.4 -3.0 310 19 314.0 314.4 288.8 320.1 1.85 9 600 4419 -0.3 -19.1 23 18.8 -6.7 312 21 315.8 316.0 288.9 320.5 1.41 10 550 5108 -4.5 -29.1 13 24.7 -10.8 307 19 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.62 11 500 5851 -9.1 -41.2 5 32.1 -14.9 298 16 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.21 12 450 6656 -15.4 -33.2 20 17.7 -19.0 300 18 323.8 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.52 13 400 7533 -21.7 -37.9 22 16.2 -24.3 307 20 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.36 14 350 8501 -29.1 -46.1 18 17.1 -30.8 310 29 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.2 0.17 15 300 9583 -38.2 -50.6 26 12.4 -39.0 314 35 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.12 16 250 10810 -47.8 -53.4 53 5.5 -48.1 310 33 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12260 -52.4 -67.7 14 15.3 -52.8 297 34 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14118 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 307 26 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16677 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 294 7 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.49 m Freezing level: 603.17 mb = 4377.85 m = 14362.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.19 mb = 3535.10 m = 11597.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.42 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.48 mb = 1596.88 m = 5239.05 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 36.19 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.88 mb = 1990.23 m = 6529.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.43 C Showalter Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 26.66 C K Index: 40.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 555.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3166.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.62 mb = 1657.02 m = 5436.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.62 mb = 2240.05 m = 7349.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.62 mb = 12536.58 m = 41130.02 ft B at Equ Level: 3161.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.09 Bulk Rich Number: 18.15 Bulk Shear: 174.45 m/s