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,-103.46 Latitude: 44.03 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 511 2 900 996 SFC 855 1456 27.6 15.3 47 12.3 19.0 129 11 314.6 317.0 297.6 354.6 12.90 4 850 1502 25.4 14.7 52 10.7 18.0 132 13 312.7 315.1 296.9 351.2 12.47 5 800 2031 20.2 13.2 64 7.0 15.5 134 15 312.7 315.0 296.6 349.8 12.05 6 750 2584 14.7 12.1 84 2.7 13.0 138 15 312.6 314.8 296.4 349.2 11.88 7 700 3164 11.4 2.7 55 8.7 6.4 187 17 315.1 316.4 293.3 336.1 6.65 8 650 3779 7.1 -5.6 40 12.7 1.0 230 18 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.6 3.88 9 600 4430 1.5 -9.1 45 10.7 -3.2 250 20 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.3 3.19 10 550 5123 -4.9 -10.8 63 6.0 -7.3 262 19 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.3 3.05 11 500 5864 -10.5 -17.3 57 6.8 -12.8 274 21 320.2 320.6 290.8 326.8 1.97 12 450 6665 -16.4 -22.7 58 6.4 -18.1 280 26 322.7 322.9 291.0 327.4 1.37 13 400 7540 -22.4 -32.0 41 9.6 -24.2 284 37 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.65 14 350 8507 -29.0 -51.7 9 22.6 -31.0 292 33 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.09 15 300 9588 -38.2 -45.6 46 7.4 -38.8 291 41 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.22 16 250 10815 -47.9 -53.5 52 5.7 -48.1 290 48 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.10 17 200 12262 -53.3 -67.7 16 14.4 -53.6 289 42 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14110 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 253 11 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16659 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 246 9 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.61 m Freezing level: 588.13 mb = 4594.59 m = 15073.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3924.18 m = 12874.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.27 mb = 2994.37 m = 9823.92 ft T: 12.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 26.33 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3178.14 m = 10426.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -7.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.91 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 41.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2482.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.78 mb = 2894.72 m = 9497.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.78 mb = 3555.00 m = 11663.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.78 mb = 12333.83 m = 40464.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2480.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.78 mb = 16188.12 m = 53109.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.21 Bulk Rich Number: 21.96 Bulk Shear: 113.06 m/s