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: 45.48,-99.55 Latitude: 45.48 Longitude: -99.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 544 SFC 946 583 26.2 20.2 70 6.0 21.9 145 13 304.2 307.2 297.0 351.8 15.99 3 900 1018 21.8 19.1 84 2.7 19.9 150 19 304.0 306.9 296.7 350.4 15.60 4 850 1512 17.7 17.0 96 0.7 17.2 170 18 304.7 307.4 296.1 347.9 14.47 5 800 2030 15.5 10.9 74 4.6 12.5 188 19 307.6 309.6 294.0 338.8 10.28 6 750 2575 12.1 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 194 19 309.7 311.7 295.0 342.8 10.87 7 700 3151 9.6 6.6 82 3.0 7.8 217 24 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.4 8.79 8 650 3764 7.3 -3.1 47 10.4 2.0 259 24 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.3 4.68 9 600 4417 2.4 -14.3 28 16.7 -4.2 254 27 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.0 2.11 10 550 5112 -2.6 -24.5 17 21.9 -9.2 249 32 321.0 321.2 290.0 324.3 0.95 11 500 5858 -9.1 -21.3 36 12.2 -12.8 257 30 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.7 1.39 12 450 6664 -15.3 -30.7 25 15.4 -18.7 262 29 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.66 13 400 7541 -21.3 -46.2 9 24.9 -24.4 272 25 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.15 14 350 8512 -28.3 -48.9 12 20.6 -30.3 272 28 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.13 15 300 9597 -37.1 -54.8 14 17.7 -38.1 265 27 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 16 250 10831 -47.0 -58.7 25 11.7 -47.4 200 18 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.06 17 200 12272 -55.3 -65.4 27 10.2 -55.5 256 25 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14115 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 233 23 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16682 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 207 15 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.76 m Freezing level: 575.83 mb = 4753.03 m = 15593.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.05 mb = 3966.89 m = 13014.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.88 mb = 1342.30 m = 4403.81 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 18.53 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1480.54 m = 4857.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.00 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 26.09 C K Index: 40.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2240.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.28 mb = 1428.51 m = 4686.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.28 mb = 1580.05 m = 5183.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.28 mb = 12831.45 m = 42097.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2189.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.28 mb = 15893.05 m = 52141.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 22.00 Bulk Shear: 101.83 m/s