MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.53,-100.68 Latitude: 43.53 Longitude: -100.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 550 SFC 936 684 31.7 21.0 53 10.7 23.9 92 7 310.7 313.9 299.2 362.7 17.01 3 900 1033 26.7 20.0 67 6.7 21.8 97 7 309.0 312.2 298.6 359.3 16.56 4 850 1535 21.8 18.9 84 2.9 19.8 107 8 309.0 312.1 298.5 358.8 16.40 5 800 2060 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 142 21 311.0 313.8 297.9 355.9 14.66 6 750 2613 17.4 8.0 54 9.4 11.4 185 24 315.5 317.2 295.2 343.6 8.99 7 700 3200 14.5 -0.5 36 15.0 6.2 229 24 318.5 319.6 293.2 335.5 5.27 8 650 3820 9.6 -12.0 21 21.5 0.2 252 21 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.6 2.34 9 600 4476 3.7 -15.8 23 19.5 -3.8 247 23 320.4 320.8 290.8 326.7 1.86 10 550 5173 -2.9 -15.0 38 12.2 -7.5 246 23 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.9 2.16 11 500 5919 -9.6 -19.5 44 10.0 -12.8 242 28 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.9 1.63 12 450 6723 -15.1 -30.2 26 15.1 -18.4 256 31 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.69 13 400 7602 -21.3 -33.4 33 12.1 -23.5 269 33 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.4 0.57 14 350 8572 -28.2 -40.6 30 12.4 -29.7 274 34 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.32 15 300 9658 -37.0 -49.6 26 12.7 -37.9 281 35 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 16 250 10892 -46.9 -56.3 33 9.5 -47.2 286 33 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 17 200 12332 -57.6 -65.0 38 7.4 -57.7 276 33 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 18 150 14132 -58.7 -76.6 8 17.9 -58.9 272 37 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16668 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 241 13 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.07 m Freezing level: 571.71 mb = 4870.30 m = 15978.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.58 mb = 3850.55 m = 12632.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.48 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.20 mb = 2036.12 m = 6680.11 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 36.00 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2720.39 m = 8925.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.96 C = 98.53 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -9.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -9.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.37 C Cross Totals Index: 28.49 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3942.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.62 mb = 1924.54 m = 6314.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.62 mb = 3596.32 m = 11798.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.62 mb = 13822.53 m = 45348.95 ft B at Equ Level: 3892.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 313.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.05 Bulk Rich Number: 42.47 Bulk Shear: 92.84 m/s