MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.75,-100.09 Latitude: 44.75 Longitude: -100.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 546 SFC 949 560 26.4 19.9 68 6.5 21.8 127 8 304.1 307.0 296.7 350.6 15.61 3 900 1023 24.6 18.4 68 6.2 20.2 163 23 306.8 309.6 297.0 351.8 14.95 4 850 1523 21.7 15.7 69 6.0 17.5 208 22 308.9 311.4 296.4 349.2 13.29 5 800 2046 16.8 14.4 86 2.4 15.2 217 23 309.1 311.5 296.3 348.6 13.04 6 750 2594 13.5 9.2 75 4.3 10.7 250 17 311.2 313.1 294.6 341.3 9.78 7 700 3174 12.2 -4.4 31 16.6 3.8 283 21 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.7 3.94 8 650 3788 7.1 -9.7 29 16.8 -0.4 278 29 317.0 317.6 290.6 326.3 2.81 9 600 4440 1.8 -13.9 30 15.7 -4.4 276 36 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.5 2.18 10 550 5133 -4.0 -20.7 26 16.7 -9.4 273 36 319.4 319.6 290.0 324.0 1.34 11 500 5876 -9.6 -31.5 15 22.0 -14.6 278 32 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.3 0.55 12 450 6680 -15.5 -22.8 53 7.3 -17.5 276 30 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.4 1.35 13 400 7557 -21.5 -34.9 29 13.5 -23.8 278 34 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.49 14 350 8528 -28.3 -32.4 68 4.1 -29.0 276 38 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.3 0.72 15 300 9614 -37.1 -40.8 68 3.7 -37.5 276 32 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.36 16 250 10847 -47.1 -50.7 66 3.6 -47.3 276 48 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12286 -57.2 -61.3 59 4.2 -57.2 275 44 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14122 -53.8 -79.9 3 26.1 -54.2 244 28 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16685 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 188 15 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.95 m Freezing level: 584.36 mb = 4656.63 m = 15277.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.63 mb = 3729.66 m = 12236.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.34 mb = 1387.14 m = 4550.94 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 28.49 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.30 mb = 2181.83 m = 7158.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -6.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 30.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2537.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.67 mb = 1836.72 m = 6025.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.67 mb = 3603.43 m = 11822.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.67 mb = 12795.05 m = 41978.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2525.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 297.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.53 Bulk Rich Number: 15.39 Bulk Shear: 164.92 m/s