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: 44.17,-99.8 Latitude: 44.17 Longitude: -99.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 951 510 34.6 20.1 43 14.5 24.0 189 9 312.3 315.3 298.8 360.8 15.76 2 950 516 34.6 19.8 42 14.8 23.8 185 8 312.3 315.3 298.7 360.0 15.48 3 900 1004 30.2 18.5 50 11.7 21.8 201 16 312.7 315.5 298.5 359.1 15.07 4 850 1512 25.3 17.5 62 7.8 19.7 207 17 312.6 315.5 298.5 358.8 14.98 5 800 2041 20.2 16.4 79 3.7 17.5 212 18 312.6 315.5 298.4 358.4 14.85 6 750 2595 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 220 19 313.3 316.1 298.4 358.5 14.66 7 700 3177 11.4 6.8 74 4.5 8.6 258 13 315.1 316.8 295.0 342.9 8.92 8 650 3792 7.5 -2.8 48 10.3 2.2 276 22 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.8 4.79 9 600 4446 2.7 -11.9 33 14.6 -3.4 262 26 319.3 319.8 291.1 327.8 2.57 10 550 5141 -3.2 -12.6 48 9.4 -7.0 248 28 320.2 320.8 291.5 329.0 2.64 11 500 5885 -9.8 -22.7 34 12.9 -13.6 252 32 321.1 321.3 290.4 325.3 1.23 12 450 6689 -15.6 -24.4 47 8.8 -17.9 263 30 323.7 323.9 291.1 327.8 1.18 13 400 7566 -21.6 -41.2 15 19.6 -24.4 273 28 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.26 14 350 8537 -28.4 -41.9 26 13.5 -30.0 288 25 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.28 15 300 9622 -37.2 -53.4 17 16.2 -38.2 282 24 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.09 16 250 10854 -47.0 -58.2 27 11.2 -47.4 276 23 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12300 -55.2 -64.1 32 8.9 -55.4 283 29 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14136 -55.0 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 247 22 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16687 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 211 15 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.45 m Freezing level: 577.19 mb = 4763.01 m = 15626.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.61 mb = 4039.46 m = 13252.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.44 % Est. max temperature: 35.01 C = 95.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.48 mb = 2352.98 m = 7719.65 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 30.75 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.59 mb = 2543.01 m = 8343.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.57 C = 96.02 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -9.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -9.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.11 C Cross Totals Index: 27.32 C K Index: 48.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 657.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3849.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.51 mb = 2464.65 m = 8086.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.51 mb = 2634.71 m = 8643.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.51 mb = 13469.28 m = 44190.02 ft B at Equ Level: 3795.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.8 neg: -5.1 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 102.83 Bulk Shear: 37.44 m/s