MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.26,-99.72 Latitude: 44.26 Longitude: -99.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 951 527 30.0 19.8 55 10.2 22.7 147 14 307.5 310.4 297.5 354.4 15.51 2 950 536 29.4 19.6 55 9.8 22.3 146 12 307.0 309.9 297.3 352.9 15.24 3 900 1016 24.7 18.3 68 6.3 20.2 154 21 307.0 309.7 297.0 351.8 14.91 4 850 1514 20.3 17.1 82 3.2 18.1 173 23 307.4 310.1 296.9 351.3 14.58 5 800 2035 16.4 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 198 24 308.7 311.3 297.0 351.8 14.24 6 750 2583 13.4 8.9 74 4.5 10.6 224 20 311.2 313.0 294.5 340.6 9.59 7 700 3165 13.5 -4.5 28 17.9 4.4 293 24 317.4 318.2 291.7 330.1 3.92 8 650 3782 8.6 -11.0 24 19.6 -0.0 282 25 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.54 9 600 4437 3.2 -15.9 23 19.1 -4.2 270 29 319.8 320.1 290.6 326.0 1.84 10 550 5133 -3.1 -16.2 36 13.1 -7.9 260 31 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.0 1.96 11 500 5877 -9.3 -24.2 29 14.9 -13.5 260 30 321.6 321.9 290.4 325.4 1.08 12 450 6682 -15.8 -25.9 42 10.1 -18.3 267 29 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.03 13 400 7556 -22.4 -38.1 23 15.7 -24.8 271 30 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.36 14 350 8526 -28.0 -49.9 10 21.9 -30.1 280 29 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 15 300 9613 -37.1 -52.8 18 15.7 -38.1 280 30 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.10 16 250 10844 -47.4 -56.1 36 8.7 -47.7 285 32 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 17 200 12288 -54.9 -64.9 28 10.1 -55.1 278 36 345.8 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14133 -54.5 -78.8 3 24.2 -54.9 256 22 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.01 19 100 16687 -59.7 -82.8 3 23.1 -60.0 177 11 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.40 m Freezing level: 574.77 mb = 4788.08 m = 15708.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.44 mb = 3776.65 m = 12390.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.94 mb = 1813.26 m = 5948.93 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 25.84 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2022.84 m = 6636.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 26.44 C K Index: 28.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2576.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.10 mb = 1832.52 m = 6012.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.10 mb = 2425.00 m = 7955.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.10 mb = 2649.63 m = 8692.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 724.10 mb = 2879.31 m = 9446.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 243.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.31 Bulk Rich Number: 19.12 Bulk Shear: 134.76 m/s