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: 43.83,-100.44 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 555 SFC 944 614 32.3 21.0 51 11.3 23.9 85 9 310.5 313.7 299.1 361.8 16.78 3 900 1037 25.9 19.7 68 6.3 21.4 89 10 308.2 311.3 298.2 357.4 16.23 4 850 1537 21.0 18.6 86 2.4 19.3 99 11 308.2 311.2 298.1 356.8 16.06 5 800 2061 18.6 14.3 76 4.3 15.7 144 18 311.0 313.4 296.8 350.6 12.94 6 750 2613 16.4 7.1 54 9.3 10.6 186 21 314.3 316.0 294.5 340.8 8.47 7 700 3198 13.9 2.5 46 11.5 7.3 226 26 317.9 319.2 294.0 338.8 6.55 8 650 3818 9.1 -7.3 31 16.4 1.3 251 22 319.3 319.9 291.8 330.4 3.39 9 600 4473 3.5 -13.4 28 16.9 -3.4 249 22 320.1 320.6 291.1 327.7 2.27 10 550 5170 -3.1 -14.4 41 11.3 -7.4 247 24 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.1 2.28 11 500 5914 -9.9 -18.4 50 8.4 -12.7 243 28 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.0 1.80 12 450 6718 -15.1 -30.0 27 14.9 -18.4 255 31 324.2 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.70 13 400 7596 -21.5 -33.4 33 11.9 -23.7 267 36 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.1 0.57 14 350 8566 -28.4 -42.0 26 13.6 -30.0 273 36 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.27 15 300 9651 -36.9 -50.0 24 13.1 -37.8 281 37 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 16 250 10885 -46.9 -57.6 28 10.7 -47.3 286 35 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.06 17 200 12326 -57.3 -65.5 35 8.2 -57.4 279 36 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14128 -58.3 -76.2 8 18.0 -58.5 272 36 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16667 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 241 11 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.62 m Freezing level: 573.36 mb = 4844.42 m = 15893.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3987.51 m = 13082.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.65 mb = 2043.60 m = 6704.63 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 34.08 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.75 mb = 2402.09 m = 7880.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.77 C = 94.59 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -9.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -9.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.98 C Cross Totals Index: 28.53 C K Index: 38.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3697.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.79 mb = 1881.89 m = 6174.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.79 mb = 3667.50 m = 12032.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.79 mb = 13653.97 m = 44795.94 ft B at Equ Level: 3652.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 298.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.72 Bulk Rich Number: 32.63 Bulk Shear: 113.31 m/s