MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.44,-100.89 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -100.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 532 SFC 907 951 30.8 17.5 45 13.3 21.3 146 10 312.6 315.2 297.8 355.7 14.01 3 900 1016 28.7 16.6 48 12.1 20.2 147 10 311.1 313.6 297.0 351.9 13.32 4 850 1520 23.5 15.2 60 8.2 17.8 152 11 310.7 313.2 296.7 350.2 12.92 5 800 2046 18.5 13.5 73 5.0 15.1 161 10 310.9 313.2 296.3 348.3 12.23 6 750 2596 14.7 3.6 47 11.1 8.3 227 6 312.5 313.8 292.6 333.2 6.63 7 700 3175 10.5 -0.1 48 10.6 4.8 273 9 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.3 5.43 8 650 3786 5.4 -3.9 51 9.3 0.8 286 12 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.2 4.42 9 600 4434 0.4 -7.9 54 8.3 -3.3 313 18 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.0 3.52 10 550 5125 -4.1 -20.8 26 16.8 -9.4 314 21 319.3 319.5 289.9 323.8 1.32 11 500 5871 -8.4 -28.5 18 20.1 -13.5 308 23 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.3 0.73 12 450 6677 -14.6 -26.7 35 12.0 -17.6 298 26 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.2 0.96 13 400 7556 -21.5 -29.0 51 7.5 -23.1 304 25 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.87 14 350 8524 -29.3 -37.4 46 8.1 -30.4 297 29 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.44 15 300 9606 -37.7 -50.7 24 13.0 -38.6 303 35 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10837 -46.9 -56.3 34 9.3 -47.3 303 44 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 17 200 12290 -52.9 -67.7 15 14.8 -53.2 298 44 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14136 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 279 20 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16680 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 333 6 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.67 m Freezing level: 595.33 mb = 4498.53 m = 14758.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.47 mb = 3905.45 m = 12813.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.05 mb = 2617.83 m = 8588.57 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 31.92 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.73 mb = 2848.79 m = 9346.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2364.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.57 mb = 2578.13 m = 8458.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.57 mb = 3215.28 m = 10548.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.57 mb = 12400.72 m = 40684.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2359.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.57 mb = 16280.48 m = 53413.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.1 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 325.1 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 28.97 Bulk Shear: 81.63 m/s