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: 43.96,-102.53 Latitude: 43.96 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 554 SFC 920 835 28.7 15.8 46 12.9 19.8 36 3 309.1 311.4 295.9 346.7 12.37 3 900 1033 25.2 14.9 53 10.2 18.2 39 3 307.4 309.7 295.1 343.5 11.93 4 850 1531 20.5 11.7 57 8.9 14.8 112 2 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.5 10.18 5 800 2051 17.3 6.0 47 11.3 10.5 199 2 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.1 7.34 6 750 2598 13.1 5.6 61 7.4 8.6 299 4 310.8 312.2 292.9 334.3 7.64 7 700 3174 8.2 4.0 75 4.2 5.8 311 6 311.6 312.9 292.9 334.2 7.32 8 650 3781 3.5 -0.2 77 3.7 1.5 299 9 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.1 5.81 9 600 4425 -1.3 -2.7 90 1.4 -2.0 283 11 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.2 5.23 10 550 5113 -6.0 -7.5 89 1.5 -6.7 271 14 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.95 11 500 5852 -11.4 -12.6 91 1.2 -11.9 289 14 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.7 2.90 12 450 6652 -16.8 -18.4 87 1.6 -17.3 289 15 322.2 322.6 291.4 328.9 2.00 13 400 7527 -21.3 -29.0 50 7.7 -22.9 303 12 327.3 327.4 291.8 330.4 0.87 14 350 8496 -29.1 -37.4 45 8.3 -30.2 322 13 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.44 15 300 9579 -37.5 -43.8 52 6.2 -38.1 308 14 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.26 16 250 10810 -47.5 -52.6 55 5.2 -47.7 276 8 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 17 200 12256 -52.0 -67.5 14 15.5 -52.3 300 18 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14121 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 291 21 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16682 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.4 320 13 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.90 m Freezing level: 613.66 mb = 4249.16 m = 13940.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 4052.86 m = 13296.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.71 mb = 2455.95 m = 8057.48 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2975.96 m = 9763.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.52 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 39.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1071.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.63 mb = 2579.98 m = 8464.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.63 mb = 3331.77 m = 10930.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.63 mb = 11446.34 m = 37553.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1052.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.63 mb = 13840.86 m = 45409.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 74.31 Bulk Shear: 14.42 m/s