MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.1,-99.08 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -99.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 528 SFC 950 532 32.4 18.8 45 13.5 22.6 181 16 310.1 312.8 297.6 354.5 14.57 3 900 1013 28.2 17.6 53 10.6 20.7 187 28 310.6 313.3 297.5 354.1 14.24 4 850 1517 23.3 16.9 67 6.4 18.8 191 30 310.6 313.3 297.6 354.4 14.36 5 800 2043 18.2 15.7 86 2.4 16.5 195 31 310.5 313.2 297.5 353.9 14.21 6 750 2594 15.2 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 219 30 313.0 315.8 298.2 357.7 14.48 7 700 3177 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 243 30 315.2 317.5 297.1 352.2 11.89 8 650 3793 7.3 4.9 85 2.4 5.9 281 23 317.2 318.8 295.2 343.7 8.40 9 600 4448 3.1 -3.2 64 6.2 -0.1 274 20 319.7 320.7 293.3 336.0 5.06 10 550 5145 -2.8 -10.9 54 8.1 -6.2 257 23 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.8 3.03 11 500 5890 -9.7 -17.2 54 7.5 -12.3 259 28 321.2 321.6 291.1 327.9 1.98 12 450 6694 -15.6 -28.8 31 13.2 -18.6 264 29 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.79 13 400 7570 -22.4 -32.6 39 10.2 -24.2 269 26 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.62 14 350 8538 -28.7 -48.8 13 20.1 -30.6 288 22 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 15 300 9622 -37.4 -55.9 13 18.5 -38.4 291 22 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.07 16 250 10853 -47.0 -60.4 20 13.5 -47.4 287 23 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12301 -54.9 -64.2 31 9.3 -55.1 278 23 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14140 -54.7 -80.6 3 25.9 -55.0 243 21 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16692 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 214 16 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.65 m Freezing level: 573.79 mb = 4813.56 m = 15792.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.82 mb = 4436.88 m = 14556.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.94 mb = 2248.65 m = 7377.36 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 31.32 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.73 mb = 2653.57 m = 8705.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.93 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -8.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -8.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 49.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 641.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2997.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.46 mb = 2319.74 m = 7610.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.46 mb = 3063.47 m = 10050.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.46 mb = 12993.90 m = 42630.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2967.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.27 Bulk Rich Number: 49.80 Bulk Shear: 60.19 m/s