MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.62,-103.14 Latitude: 43.62 Longitude: -103.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 557 SFC 903 1006 26.7 17.1 56 9.6 19.9 57 9 308.7 311.3 296.7 350.3 13.71 3 900 1034 24.2 16.8 63 7.5 19.1 56 9 306.5 309.0 296.0 346.9 13.46 4 850 1531 19.2 15.0 77 4.2 16.4 56 9 306.2 308.6 295.4 344.5 12.73 5 800 2050 16.7 5.9 49 10.8 10.3 54 6 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.3 7.29 6 750 2596 13.2 2.4 48 10.7 7.1 30 5 310.9 312.0 291.6 329.8 6.09 7 700 3172 9.1 0.5 55 8.6 4.4 342 4 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.3 5.68 8 650 3781 4.3 -1.5 66 5.8 1.3 304 7 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.5 5.27 9 600 4426 -1.3 -3.0 88 1.7 -2.1 287 7 314.6 315.6 291.9 330.8 5.12 10 550 5114 -6.1 -8.6 83 2.4 -7.2 258 14 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.6 3.64 11 500 5853 -11.2 -15.8 69 4.6 -12.8 270 15 319.4 319.9 290.8 326.9 2.23 12 450 6653 -16.6 -20.9 69 4.3 -17.9 279 15 322.4 322.7 291.1 327.9 1.60 13 400 7527 -22.2 -32.7 38 10.6 -24.1 271 13 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.61 14 350 8493 -29.6 -33.8 67 4.1 -30.3 285 10 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.1 0.63 15 300 9572 -39.0 -42.2 71 3.2 -39.2 310 10 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10792 -49.1 -54.3 54 5.2 -49.3 67 1 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 17 200 12246 -49.0 -73.0 4 23.9 -49.6 294 15 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14117 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 292 17 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16685 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 311 14 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.57 m Freezing level: 611.50 mb = 4277.56 m = 14033.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.07 mb = 4019.01 m = 13185.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.08 mb = 2209.41 m = 7248.64 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 20.51 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2854.53 m = 9365.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.35 C Cross Totals Index: 26.19 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1489.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.11 mb = 2306.72 m = 7567.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.11 mb = 3518.29 m = 11542.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.11 mb = 11592.30 m = 38032.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1459.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.11 mb = 14069.71 m = 46159.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -1.7 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 40.91 Bulk Shear: 36.41 m/s