MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.74,-102.16 Latitude: 43.74 Longitude: -102.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 511 SFC 920 802 33.1 16.0 36 17.1 21.1 110 13 313.7 316.0 297.1 352.4 12.53 3 900 999 30.7 15.1 39 15.5 19.9 114 16 313.1 315.4 296.7 350.4 12.09 4 850 1506 25.7 14.2 49 11.5 17.8 119 17 313.1 315.4 296.7 350.4 12.08 5 800 2036 20.6 13.2 62 7.4 15.5 126 17 313.1 315.4 296.7 350.1 11.98 6 750 2589 15.2 12.1 81 3.1 13.1 132 18 313.1 315.4 296.6 349.9 11.91 7 700 3171 10.7 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 180 16 314.3 316.4 296.1 347.8 10.80 8 650 3784 5.8 2.8 81 3.0 4.1 226 18 315.6 317.0 293.9 338.3 7.23 9 600 4434 1.2 -8.9 47 10.1 -3.3 273 20 317.5 318.2 291.2 328.2 3.26 10 550 5126 -4.6 -10.2 65 5.6 -7.0 284 22 318.6 319.2 291.5 329.1 3.19 11 500 5868 -10.6 -20.8 43 10.2 -13.6 285 25 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.2 1.46 12 450 6670 -16.0 -21.7 61 5.8 -17.6 288 36 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.3 1.49 13 400 7545 -22.3 -28.3 58 6.0 -23.5 288 30 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.3 0.93 14 350 8513 -28.7 -39.3 35 10.6 -30.0 286 30 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.36 15 300 9596 -37.4 -45.2 44 7.8 -38.1 292 43 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.5 0.22 16 250 10831 -46.6 -51.0 61 4.4 -46.9 299 50 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.3 0.14 17 200 12279 -54.7 -65.3 26 10.6 -54.9 294 58 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14112 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 267 21 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16669 -60.9 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 204 11 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.90 m Freezing level: 589.45 mb = 4579.81 m = 15025.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.09 mb = 4140.21 m = 13583.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.39 mb = 2952.00 m = 9684.91 ft T: 12.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 24.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.79 mb = 3065.41 m = 10056.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 49.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2501.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.03 mb = 2956.23 m = 9698.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.03 mb = 3253.40 m = 10673.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.03 mb = 12844.00 m = 42138.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2457.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 16.63 Bulk Shear: 150.39 m/s