MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.22,-103.56 Latitude: 44.22 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 513 2 900 996 SFC 851 1487 25.7 15.5 53 10.2 18.6 3 8 312.9 315.4 297.3 353.3 13.11 4 850 1502 24.7 15.2 55 9.5 18.1 359 10 312.0 314.5 297.0 351.7 12.90 5 800 2030 19.9 13.8 68 6.1 15.8 348 10 312.3 314.7 296.8 350.9 12.52 6 750 2582 14.8 12.4 86 2.3 13.2 313 10 312.6 314.9 296.7 350.1 12.17 7 700 3163 10.5 9.4 93 1.1 9.8 268 15 314.1 316.1 296.0 347.1 10.62 8 650 3776 5.7 2.0 77 3.7 3.7 261 29 315.5 316.8 293.6 337.0 6.83 9 600 4425 0.9 -8.8 48 9.8 -3.4 261 43 317.2 317.8 291.1 327.9 3.27 10 550 5117 -4.1 -33.9 8 29.9 -11.0 264 45 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.7 0.39 11 500 5860 -9.8 -30.0 17 20.2 -14.6 267 43 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.4 0.63 12 450 6663 -15.9 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.6 268 43 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.4 1.47 13 400 7543 -20.4 -45.3 9 25.0 -23.7 273 44 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.17 14 350 8516 -27.7 -37.4 39 9.7 -29.1 275 50 331.4 331.5 292.5 333.0 0.44 15 300 9604 -36.5 -45.6 38 9.1 -37.3 272 51 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.21 16 250 10838 -47.3 -54.0 46 6.7 -47.6 274 51 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12279 -56.2 -65.5 30 9.3 -56.3 277 51 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14099 -55.7 -79.5 4 23.8 -56.0 254 34 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16661 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 213 13 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.82 m Freezing level: 590.59 mb = 4555.46 m = 14945.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.03 mb = 4106.68 m = 13473.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.38 mb = 2770.77 m = 9090.36 ft T: 13.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 32.61 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.02 mb = 2925.52 m = 9598.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -7.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 48.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2484.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.82 mb = 2788.74 m = 9149.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.82 mb = 3081.32 m = 10109.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.82 mb = 12710.25 m = 41699.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2481.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.82 mb = 16244.54 m = 53295.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 6.2 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.7 neg: -9.5 tot: 147.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 17.62 Bulk Shear: 140.98 m/s