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: 44.03,-102.97 Latitude: 44.03 Longitude: -102.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 513 SFC 907 927 32.8 15.7 36 17.0 20.8 129 12 314.5 316.9 297.4 353.3 12.49 3 900 999 30.6 14.7 38 15.8 19.6 130 14 313.0 315.3 296.5 349.4 11.79 4 850 1506 25.4 13.7 48 11.7 17.4 133 15 312.7 315.0 296.4 348.8 11.69 5 800 2035 20.2 12.8 62 7.4 15.2 135 15 312.6 314.9 296.3 348.6 11.67 6 750 2588 14.8 11.6 81 3.2 12.7 139 15 312.6 314.8 296.3 348.2 11.54 7 700 3167 10.6 4.2 64 6.5 6.9 191 15 314.3 315.7 293.7 337.4 7.40 8 650 3780 6.4 -3.7 49 10.1 1.3 232 19 316.2 317.1 291.9 330.6 4.49 9 600 4431 1.3 -8.4 49 9.7 -3.0 254 20 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.6 3.39 10 550 5123 -5.2 -9.5 72 4.3 -7.0 264 20 318.0 318.6 291.4 329.0 3.38 11 500 5863 -11.1 -14.5 76 3.4 -12.3 274 23 319.5 320.0 291.1 327.8 2.49 12 450 6663 -16.6 -21.4 66 4.8 -17.9 278 27 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.7 1.54 13 400 7538 -22.3 -34.4 32 12.1 -24.4 281 35 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.52 14 350 8504 -29.0 -46.7 16 17.7 -30.7 290 30 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 15 300 9586 -38.3 -45.5 47 7.1 -38.9 293 40 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.22 16 250 10812 -47.9 -55.4 41 7.6 -48.1 292 46 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 17 200 12261 -52.5 -68.2 13 15.7 -52.8 292 40 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14111 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 235 12 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16661 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 253 7 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.54 m Freezing level: 590.01 mb = 4568.91 m = 14989.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.91 mb = 3971.15 m = 13028.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.27 mb = 3056.69 m = 10028.38 ft T: 11.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 24.70 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.93 mb = 3132.17 m = 10276.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.41 C = 90.34 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -7.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 43.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2347.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.94 mb = 2978.06 m = 9770.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.94 mb = 3395.61 m = 11140.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.94 mb = 12231.03 m = 40127.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2338.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.94 mb = 16008.10 m = 52519.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 24.93 Bulk Shear: 94.17 m/s