MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.63,-101.38 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -101.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 521 SFC 926 751 31.2 18.6 47 12.6 22.1 194 7 311.1 313.9 297.9 356.0 14.68 3 900 1003 26.7 17.5 57 9.2 20.2 196 8 309.0 311.7 297.1 352.0 14.14 4 850 1505 21.8 16.7 73 5.1 18.2 198 9 309.0 311.6 297.1 352.0 14.17 5 800 2027 16.6 15.5 93 1.1 15.8 200 10 308.8 311.5 296.9 351.3 14.00 6 750 2578 16.4 6.1 50 10.3 10.1 199 20 314.4 315.9 294.1 339.0 7.88 7 700 3162 14.1 -8.7 20 22.8 3.4 273 20 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.4 2.83 8 650 3780 8.9 -13.9 18 22.8 -0.6 283 28 319.0 319.4 290.5 325.8 2.01 9 600 4435 3.3 -14.4 26 17.7 -3.7 270 26 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.0 2.09 10 550 5131 -3.1 -16.1 36 12.9 -7.9 263 24 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.1 1.98 11 500 5876 -9.3 -25.9 25 16.6 -13.7 262 24 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.9 0.92 12 450 6681 -15.5 -25.4 43 9.9 -18.0 271 28 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.5 1.08 13 400 7557 -21.9 -36.1 26 14.2 -24.2 277 32 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.44 14 350 8527 -28.3 -43.4 22 15.1 -30.0 276 41 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.24 15 300 9613 -36.8 -54.1 15 17.3 -37.9 284 46 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 16 250 10847 -47.0 -57.7 28 10.7 -47.4 294 54 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.06 17 200 12289 -55.9 -66.2 26 10.3 -56.1 277 41 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 14120 -55.0 -79.9 3 24.9 -55.4 262 31 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16670 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 215 19 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.84 m Freezing level: 574.15 mb = 4794.87 m = 15731.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.21 mb = 3688.15 m = 12100.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.53 mb = 2336.22 m = 7664.68 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 30.26 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.53 mb = 3227.60 m = 10589.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.15 C = 100.66 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 24.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2646.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.84 mb = 2179.56 m = 7150.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.84 mb = 3896.25 m = 12782.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.84 mb = 12929.78 m = 42420.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2619.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 59.44 Bulk Shear: 44.51 m/s