MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.16,-99.83 Latitude: 45.16 Longitude: -99.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 551 SFC 944 604 22.8 20.0 85 2.7 20.8 166 7 300.8 303.7 296.0 347.2 15.80 3 900 1024 22.5 19.0 81 3.5 20.1 188 31 304.7 307.6 296.9 351.1 15.55 4 850 1523 22.1 15.4 66 6.6 17.5 231 24 309.3 311.7 296.4 349.0 13.09 5 800 2047 18.1 11.2 64 6.9 13.6 247 23 310.4 312.4 294.9 342.5 10.49 6 750 2597 15.5 2.0 40 13.5 7.9 263 19 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.9 5.90 7 700 3177 11.2 -3.3 36 14.6 3.8 266 22 314.9 315.8 291.3 328.6 4.27 8 650 3789 5.9 -5.8 43 11.7 0.3 279 31 315.6 316.4 291.1 327.9 3.81 9 600 4438 0.5 -6.8 58 7.3 -2.9 277 40 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.0 3.82 10 550 5129 -4.7 -10.5 64 5.7 -7.1 273 46 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.8 3.14 11 500 5871 -10.2 -20.1 44 9.9 -13.3 270 42 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.55 12 450 6673 -16.1 -25.1 46 9.0 -18.4 269 38 323.0 323.2 290.8 326.9 1.11 13 400 7549 -22.0 -31.2 43 9.2 -23.8 265 37 326.4 326.5 291.4 329.0 0.71 14 350 8517 -29.1 -36.9 47 7.9 -30.2 259 35 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.3 0.46 15 300 9600 -37.3 -54.2 16 16.9 -38.3 258 37 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 16 250 10833 -47.0 -57.5 29 10.5 -47.4 260 42 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12273 -57.1 -62.6 50 5.4 -57.2 260 46 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14107 -53.8 -79.9 3 26.1 -54.2 246 31 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16669 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 202 16 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.04 m Freezing level: 595.37 mb = 4501.87 m = 14769.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.15 mb = 3850.13 m = 12631.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.58 mb = 950.46 m = 3118.26 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2614.28 m = 8576.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.19 C = 95.34 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.66 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2517.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.54 mb = 1640.48 m = 5382.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.54 mb = 3373.74 m = 11068.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.54 mb = 12820.36 m = 42061.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2487.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.54 mb = 15866.72 m = 52055.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.9 neg: -12.9 tot: 311.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.65 Bulk Rich Number: 16.53 Bulk Shear: 152.26 m/s