MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.71,-99.22 Latitude: 45.71 Longitude: -99.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 520 SFC 945 570 28.8 20.6 61 8.2 22.9 153 14 306.9 310.0 298.0 356.2 16.38 3 900 1001 25.9 18.7 65 7.2 20.8 165 32 308.2 311.1 297.5 354.4 15.26 4 850 1503 22.8 17.4 72 5.4 18.9 189 36 310.0 312.8 297.8 355.3 14.86 5 800 2028 18.1 16.3 89 1.8 16.8 203 34 310.4 313.2 297.8 355.4 14.74 6 750 2579 14.3 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 218 34 312.1 314.6 297.4 353.5 13.50 7 700 3159 10.3 5.2 71 5.1 7.2 242 31 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.7 7.94 8 650 3772 7.1 -9.8 29 16.9 -0.4 244 36 317.0 317.6 290.6 326.2 2.80 9 600 4424 2.3 -15.2 26 17.5 -4.4 237 39 318.8 319.2 290.4 325.4 1.96 10 550 5119 -3.2 -21.1 24 17.9 -9.0 235 39 320.3 320.5 290.2 324.7 1.29 11 500 5865 -7.6 -40.9 5 33.2 -14.0 246 35 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.21 12 450 6675 -13.8 -28.3 28 14.5 -17.3 250 32 325.9 326.1 291.4 328.9 0.83 13 400 7557 -20.3 -29.4 44 9.1 -22.2 251 27 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.7 0.84 14 350 8532 -27.8 -37.5 39 9.6 -29.2 256 24 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.44 15 300 9619 -37.0 -46.9 35 9.9 -37.7 255 24 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 16 250 10851 -47.0 -56.1 35 9.1 -47.4 247 21 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.08 17 200 12298 -55.1 -67.1 21 12.0 -55.3 263 23 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14133 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 219 22 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16694 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 214 14 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.69 m Freezing level: 578.91 mb = 4717.01 m = 15475.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.56 mb = 3739.48 m = 12268.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.03 mb = 1615.20 m = 5299.13 ft T: 21.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 30.91 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2243.38 m = 7360.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 42.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 574.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2973.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.90 mb = 1932.12 m = 6338.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.90 mb = 2535.03 m = 8316.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.90 mb = 13190.03 m = 43273.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2927.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 397.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.83 Bulk Rich Number: 21.70 Bulk Shear: 137.05 m/s