MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.63,-104.07 Latitude: 44.63 Longitude: -104.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 550 2 900 1033 SFC 889 1142 28.4 14.1 42 14.3 18.7 118 10 311.9 314.0 296.0 347.1 11.47 4 850 1537 24.1 12.3 48 11.8 16.3 124 13 311.4 313.4 295.3 344.1 10.65 5 800 2063 19.6 11.0 58 8.6 14.0 155 11 312.1 314.0 295.3 344.0 10.37 6 750 2616 15.8 8.9 63 6.9 11.4 222 11 313.7 315.6 295.1 343.5 9.57 7 700 3197 10.7 5.8 72 4.9 7.7 231 14 314.3 315.9 294.4 340.1 8.28 8 650 3809 5.6 0.9 72 4.7 3.1 267 19 315.3 316.5 293.1 335.3 6.32 9 600 4459 1.0 -3.7 71 4.7 -1.3 280 30 317.3 318.2 292.5 332.9 4.87 10 550 5152 -4.1 -12.0 54 7.9 -7.2 284 39 319.2 319.8 291.3 328.4 2.78 11 500 5896 -9.4 -20.0 42 10.6 -12.8 281 41 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.9 1.56 12 450 6701 -14.6 -34.3 17 19.7 -18.6 280 36 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.6 0.46 13 400 7580 -21.6 -29.7 48 8.1 -23.3 280 36 326.9 327.1 291.7 329.8 0.81 14 350 8552 -27.5 -46.3 15 18.8 -29.5 275 33 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.4 0.17 15 300 9642 -36.4 -49.4 25 13.1 -37.4 270 36 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.14 16 250 10876 -47.1 -56.2 35 9.1 -47.5 271 42 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12318 -56.4 -66.2 28 9.8 -56.6 275 51 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.6 0.03 18 150 14120 -60.9 -76.1 12 15.2 -61.1 281 41 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16655 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 247 11 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.21 m Freezing level: 590.16 mb = 4595.31 m = 15076.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.11 mb = 4257.12 m = 13966.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.48 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.05 mb = 2935.61 m = 9631.14 ft T: 12.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.54 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.18 mb = 3385.80 m = 11108.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 40.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.95 mb = 3054.25 m = 10020.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.95 mb = 3721.43 m = 12209.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.95 mb = 12414.51 m = 40729.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1377.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.95 mb = 15162.92 m = 49746.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 8.07 Bulk Shear: 171.33 m/s