MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.42,-97.65 Latitude: 44.42 Longitude: -97.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 956 495 29.6 21.4 61 8.2 23.6 158 20 306.7 309.9 298.2 357.9 17.00 2 950 548 28.1 20.5 63 7.6 22.6 158 21 305.7 308.8 297.5 354.3 16.22 3 900 1025 23.1 19.1 78 4.0 20.2 161 30 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.0 15.61 4 850 1522 22.1 8.1 41 14.0 13.4 193 39 309.3 310.8 292.7 333.7 7.97 5 800 2046 19.5 2.5 32 16.9 9.8 210 33 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.8 5.74 6 750 2596 16.0 -2.5 28 18.5 6.3 217 28 314.0 314.8 291.0 327.5 4.26 7 700 3177 11.1 -0.4 45 11.5 4.9 212 18 314.8 315.8 292.2 331.7 5.33 8 650 3791 7.1 -1.0 56 8.1 2.7 239 23 316.9 318.0 292.9 334.4 5.46 9 600 4443 1.3 -0.6 87 1.9 0.3 251 20 317.7 318.9 293.6 337.2 6.12 10 550 5138 -3.5 -7.9 71 4.4 -5.5 245 18 319.9 320.7 292.4 332.5 3.83 11 500 5882 -9.5 -16.4 57 6.9 -11.9 274 20 321.4 321.9 291.3 328.6 2.13 12 450 6686 -16.2 -25.2 46 9.0 -18.5 278 25 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.6 1.09 13 400 7561 -22.0 -37.2 24 15.2 -24.4 276 31 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.8 0.39 14 350 8528 -29.6 -37.3 47 7.7 -30.6 270 28 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.44 15 300 9609 -37.6 -49.9 26 12.4 -38.4 233 16 332.4 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10844 -46.5 -55.2 36 8.7 -46.9 155 12 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.09 17 200 12291 -54.2 -65.5 24 11.3 -54.5 253 19 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14136 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 243 19 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16690 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 201 10 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.31 m Freezing level: 586.16 mb = 4635.40 m = 15207.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.30 mb = 4479.19 m = 14695.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.78 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.52 mb = 1537.32 m = 5043.65 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 30.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.91 mb = 2790.46 m = 9154.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.09 C = 98.76 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.57 C Cross Totals Index: 17.57 C K Index: 28.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2174.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.69 mb = 1835.72 m = 6022.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.69 mb = 3606.13 m = 11830.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.69 mb = 12463.80 m = 40891.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2163.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.69 mb = 15827.07 m = 51925.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.4 neg: -34.0 tot: 273.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.02 Bulk Rich Number: 24.97 Bulk Shear: 87.07 m/s