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: 44.29,-103.44 Latitude: 44.29 Longitude: -103.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 513 2 900 998 SFC 877 1225 29.1 16.4 46 12.7 20.1 125 13 313.8 316.3 297.8 355.4 13.46 4 850 1504 24.8 14.6 53 10.2 17.8 129 16 312.2 314.5 296.7 350.3 12.39 5 800 2031 19.6 13.6 68 6.0 15.5 131 17 312.1 314.4 296.6 349.9 12.32 6 750 2583 14.3 11.9 86 2.4 12.7 138 17 312.1 314.3 296.3 348.2 11.75 7 700 3163 11.5 1.0 49 10.4 5.6 190 17 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.8 5.90 8 650 3777 6.9 -5.1 42 12.0 1.0 229 17 316.8 317.6 291.7 329.8 4.04 9 600 4428 1.4 -7.9 50 9.3 -2.9 253 16 317.7 318.4 291.5 329.1 3.51 10 550 5121 -5.0 -9.7 69 4.7 -7.0 261 17 318.2 318.8 291.5 329.0 3.33 11 500 5861 -10.6 -21.1 42 10.5 -13.7 277 21 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.0 1.42 12 450 6662 -16.7 -23.7 55 7.0 -18.5 278 25 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.6 1.26 13 400 7536 -22.5 -37.2 25 14.7 -24.8 285 34 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.39 14 350 8502 -29.0 -49.0 13 19.9 -30.9 289 31 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.13 15 300 9583 -38.3 -44.4 53 6.0 -38.8 290 41 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.25 16 250 10810 -48.0 -53.7 51 5.8 -48.2 290 47 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12257 -53.0 -67.7 15 14.8 -53.3 290 41 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14107 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 244 11 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16659 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 245 8 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.13 m Freezing level: 589.22 mb = 4577.72 m = 15018.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.87 mb = 3943.39 m = 12937.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.03 mb = 2821.47 m = 9256.69 ft T: 13.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 30.43 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.42 mb = 3074.55 m = 10086.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -7.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -7.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 39.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2607.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.97 mb = 2799.10 m = 9183.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.97 mb = 3452.65 m = 11327.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.97 mb = 12387.98 m = 40642.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2599.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.97 mb = 16293.68 m = 53456.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 24.18 Bulk Shear: 107.83 m/s