MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 67 1 950 524 SFC 906 951 30.1 17.5 47 12.5 21.2 157 14 311.9 314.6 297.7 355.1 14.07 3 900 1009 29.3 16.8 47 12.5 20.5 159 16 311.7 314.2 297.3 353.0 13.46 4 850 1515 24.2 15.7 59 8.5 18.2 163 19 311.5 314.0 297.1 352.2 13.28 5 800 2042 19.1 14.7 76 4.4 16.1 166 19 311.5 314.0 297.1 352.2 13.25 6 750 2593 14.4 12.8 90 1.6 13.3 184 15 312.2 314.5 296.7 350.5 12.47 7 700 3172 10.2 4.4 67 5.8 6.8 260 8 313.8 315.2 293.7 337.3 7.54 8 650 3785 6.5 -6.1 40 12.6 0.5 296 14 316.3 317.1 291.3 328.4 3.73 9 600 4435 1.4 -11.5 38 12.9 -4.0 312 18 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.5 2.64 10 550 5129 -3.6 -12.3 51 8.7 -7.1 321 27 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.7 2.70 11 500 5875 -8.9 -15.8 58 6.8 -11.4 314 30 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.7 2.24 12 450 6680 -15.0 -22.1 55 7.1 -17.0 295 26 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.3 1.44 13 400 7559 -21.2 -34.8 28 13.6 -23.6 285 24 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.50 14 350 8531 -27.7 -48.5 12 20.8 -29.8 303 33 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.13 15 300 9617 -37.3 -49.4 27 12.1 -38.2 301 39 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 16 250 10849 -46.6 -58.0 26 11.4 -47.0 301 48 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.06 17 200 12301 -53.7 -66.7 19 13.0 -54.0 298 54 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14143 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 281 21 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16686 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 209 2 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.22 m Freezing level: 585.85 mb = 4631.36 m = 15194.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.51 mb = 3853.66 m = 12643.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.20 mb = 2533.87 m = 8313.13 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 28.65 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2698.58 m = 8853.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 43.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2592.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.22 mb = 2590.48 m = 8498.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.22 mb = 2875.15 m = 9432.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.22 mb = 12792.86 m = 41970.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2566.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.22 mb = 16366.95 m = 53696.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.8 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 318.8 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 104.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 17.41 Bulk Shear: 148.85 m/s