MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-103.25 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -103.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 494 2 900 984 SFC 892 1067 34.4 13.2 28 21.2 19.8 157 12 317.8 319.9 297.0 351.7 10.77 4 850 1495 28.2 11.6 36 16.7 17.1 162 14 315.7 317.7 296.1 347.4 10.13 5 800 2028 23.0 10.5 45 12.5 14.8 165 15 315.7 317.6 296.0 347.0 10.02 6 750 2586 17.6 9.5 59 8.0 12.3 169 15 315.6 317.6 296.0 346.9 10.00 7 700 3170 11.9 8.0 77 4.0 9.5 177 15 315.7 317.6 295.7 345.9 9.65 8 650 3786 7.3 -2.5 49 9.9 2.2 229 15 317.3 318.2 292.5 332.9 4.89 9 600 4438 2.0 -9.7 41 11.8 -3.1 252 17 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.4 3.04 10 550 5132 -4.3 -10.5 62 6.2 -6.9 270 20 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.3 3.12 11 500 5875 -10.0 -12.2 84 2.2 -10.9 275 24 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.8 3.00 12 450 6677 -16.3 -20.7 69 4.4 -17.6 281 27 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.3 1.63 13 400 7552 -22.0 -31.1 43 9.2 -23.7 273 30 326.5 326.6 291.5 329.0 0.71 14 350 8522 -28.2 -48.8 12 20.7 -30.2 299 33 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.13 15 300 9606 -37.7 -46.8 38 9.2 -38.4 298 40 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.19 16 250 10837 -47.1 -54.7 41 7.7 -47.4 295 49 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 17 200 12286 -54.1 -66.5 20 12.4 -54.3 291 53 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14126 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 283 25 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16663 -62.1 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 249 9 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.38 m Freezing level: 583.89 mb = 4661.70 m = 15294.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.48 mb = 4047.14 m = 13277.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.90 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.87 mb = 3698.44 m = 12133.86 ft T: 8.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.08 mb = 3721.08 m = 12208.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.73 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -6.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 45.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2032.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.00 mb = 3608.69 m = 11839.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.00 mb = 3924.79 m = 12876.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.00 mb = 12318.18 m = 40413.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2027.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.00 mb = 15574.50 m = 51096.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 33.57 Bulk Shear: 60.54 m/s