MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.78,-102.56 Latitude: 43.78 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 552 SFC 919 844 29.4 15.7 44 13.7 19.9 36 4 309.9 312.2 296.1 347.5 12.31 3 900 1031 25.7 14.8 51 10.9 18.3 39 4 308.0 310.3 295.3 343.9 11.86 4 850 1530 20.7 13.4 63 7.3 15.9 46 3 307.9 310.0 295.0 342.6 11.48 5 800 2052 17.5 5.6 45 12.0 10.4 120 2 309.8 311.2 292.2 331.8 7.12 6 750 2599 13.3 4.7 56 8.6 8.2 328 2 311.0 312.3 292.5 333.0 7.14 7 700 3174 8.3 3.6 72 4.7 5.6 313 5 311.7 313.1 292.7 333.7 7.10 8 650 3782 3.8 -0.7 72 4.5 1.5 292 7 313.3 314.4 292.0 330.9 5.61 9 600 4426 -1.4 -2.7 91 1.3 -2.0 277 9 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.1 5.23 10 550 5114 -6.1 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.8 265 14 316.8 317.6 291.6 329.5 3.94 11 500 5853 -11.4 -13.9 82 2.4 -12.3 279 13 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.62 12 450 6653 -16.6 -20.3 73 3.7 -17.7 283 14 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.1 1.69 13 400 7529 -21.5 -29.3 50 7.7 -23.1 301 11 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.1 0.85 14 350 8497 -29.2 -35.4 55 6.2 -30.1 324 13 329.4 329.5 292.1 331.4 0.54 15 300 9579 -37.7 -43.2 56 5.5 -38.2 316 16 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.28 16 250 10810 -47.5 -52.7 55 5.2 -47.7 298 10 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12257 -51.7 -67.8 13 16.1 -52.1 305 18 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14123 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 291 22 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.6 0.00 19 100 16683 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 317 14 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.06 m Freezing level: 613.17 mb = 4256.68 m = 13965.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.13 mb = 4044.86 m = 13270.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.46 mb = 2559.69 m = 8397.84 ft T: 13.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 15.67 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.34 mb = 2900.70 m = 9516.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 40.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.86 mb = 2543.94 m = 8346.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.86 mb = 3175.90 m = 10419.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.86 mb = 11643.29 m = 38199.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1361.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.86 mb = 14128.95 m = 46354.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.0 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 314.0 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -4.3 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 99.36 Bulk Shear: 13.91 m/s