MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.28,-102.69 Latitude: 43.28 Longitude: -102.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 494 SFC 904 937 29.3 15.5 43 13.8 19.8 120 8 311.3 313.6 296.4 349.1 12.36 3 900 980 29.7 14.9 41 14.8 19.5 126 12 312.1 314.4 296.4 348.8 11.92 4 850 1489 27.3 14.1 45 13.1 18.2 156 24 314.7 317.0 297.1 352.0 12.02 5 800 2022 22.4 12.6 54 9.9 15.8 170 21 315.1 317.3 296.8 350.9 11.52 6 750 2579 17.3 11.1 67 6.3 13.2 182 19 315.4 317.5 296.7 350.1 11.13 7 700 3163 11.9 9.3 84 2.5 10.2 189 18 315.6 317.7 296.3 348.7 10.59 8 650 3779 6.5 5.7 95 0.8 6.0 209 18 316.3 318.0 295.3 344.1 8.85 9 600 4430 1.6 -2.4 74 4.1 -0.4 238 22 318.0 319.1 293.1 335.1 5.33 10 550 5125 -3.7 -7.7 74 4.0 -5.5 261 30 319.7 320.4 292.4 332.4 3.90 11 500 5870 -9.4 -12.1 81 2.7 -10.4 270 39 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.7 3.03 12 450 6675 -15.0 -27.1 35 12.0 -18.0 279 45 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.6 0.93 13 400 7556 -19.9 -39.1 16 19.2 -22.9 285 43 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.32 14 350 8531 -26.9 -40.4 27 13.5 -28.7 286 43 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.32 15 300 9626 -34.5 -44.4 36 9.9 -35.5 298 43 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.24 16 250 10875 -44.2 -51.8 43 7.6 -44.6 307 53 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.9 0.13 17 200 12332 -54.7 -63.7 32 9.0 -54.9 300 66 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14146 -58.7 -78.5 6 19.8 -58.9 265 42 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16676 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 205 10 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.65 m Freezing level: 584.68 mb = 4643.19 m = 15233.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.48 mb = 4383.28 m = 14380.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.27 mb = 2689.24 m = 8822.84 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 24.44 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.04 mb = 3282.15 m = 10768.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.65 C = 92.56 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 48.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 618.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2010.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.57 mb = 3084.02 m = 10118.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.57 mb = 3507.51 m = 11507.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.57 mb = 12941.58 m = 42458.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1980.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.57 mb = 15993.11 m = 52470.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 14.53 Bulk Shear: 138.44 m/s