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: 45.02,-99.70 Latitude: 45.02 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 540 SFC 944 600 27.7 20.1 63 7.6 22.2 149 11 305.8 308.8 297.4 353.4 15.85 3 900 1017 23.1 18.7 76 4.4 20.0 156 16 305.3 308.2 296.8 350.9 15.23 4 850 1513 18.4 17.4 94 1.0 17.7 171 16 305.4 308.1 296.6 349.9 14.88 5 800 2031 15.7 13.9 89 1.8 14.6 212 21 307.9 310.3 295.7 346.0 12.61 6 750 2577 12.3 9.0 80 3.3 10.2 213 21 310.0 311.8 294.2 339.5 9.65 7 700 3155 12.0 -0.8 41 12.9 5.1 260 22 315.8 316.8 292.3 332.1 5.14 8 650 3772 7.9 -8.7 30 16.7 0.3 273 26 317.9 318.5 291.1 327.9 3.04 9 600 4424 2.7 -17.5 21 20.2 -4.8 259 29 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.7 1.61 10 550 5120 -2.8 -22.2 21 19.5 -8.9 255 33 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.8 1.17 11 500 5865 -9.4 -21.4 37 12.0 -13.0 258 32 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.4 1.39 12 450 6670 -15.6 -28.4 33 12.8 -18.6 261 30 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.82 13 400 7546 -21.7 -43.3 12 21.7 -24.5 271 29 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.21 14 350 8517 -27.8 -53.9 6 26.1 -30.0 275 26 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 15 300 9603 -37.3 -52.6 19 15.2 -38.3 273 30 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10835 -47.2 -61.1 19 13.9 -47.7 271 23 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12277 -54.8 -65.9 24 11.1 -55.1 268 29 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14122 -54.0 -80.1 3 26.1 -54.4 242 23 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16684 -59.2 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.5 204 14 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.90 m Freezing level: 575.52 mb = 4765.11 m = 15633.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.91 mb = 3810.38 m = 12501.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.04 mb = 1562.63 m = 5126.67 ft T: 18.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 28.68 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1687.35 m = 5535.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.76 C K Index: 32.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 532.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2406.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.13 mb = 1592.17 m = 5223.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.13 mb = 1955.41 m = 6415.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.13 mb = 2952.78 m = 9687.50 ft B at Equ Level: 17.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.13 mb = 16248.83 m = 53309.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.15 Bulk Rich Number: 21.45 Bulk Shear: 112.17 m/s