MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.57,-103.33 Latitude: 42.57 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 502 2 900 982 SFC 869 1285 23.4 16.7 66 6.7 18.7 61 7 308.7 311.3 296.8 350.7 13.87 4 850 1483 23.4 15.1 60 8.3 17.7 112 10 310.7 313.1 296.6 349.9 12.83 5 800 2012 21.0 12.1 57 9.0 15.0 159 21 313.6 315.7 296.2 348.1 11.14 6 750 2566 16.7 9.8 64 6.9 12.3 167 23 314.7 316.7 295.8 346.6 10.22 7 700 3151 12.4 7.7 73 4.6 9.5 189 18 316.2 318.0 295.7 345.9 9.49 8 650 3768 8.3 4.1 75 4.2 5.8 236 19 318.3 319.9 295.1 343.4 7.90 9 600 4424 3.6 -3.9 58 7.5 -0.2 273 30 320.3 321.2 293.3 335.8 4.77 10 550 5124 -1.7 -10.8 50 9.2 -5.6 286 40 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.2 3.04 11 500 5873 -7.5 -25.7 22 18.2 -12.6 284 48 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.94 12 450 6684 -12.7 -32.2 18 19.5 -17.0 294 43 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.57 13 400 7573 -17.6 -38.6 14 20.9 -21.3 291 38 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.34 14 350 8559 -24.4 -35.7 34 11.3 -26.3 300 34 335.8 335.9 293.8 337.8 0.52 15 300 9663 -33.0 -41.6 42 8.5 -34.0 309 31 338.8 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.33 16 250 10916 -43.3 -51.3 41 8.0 -43.8 305 37 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.2 0.14 17 200 12378 -54.8 -60.6 49 5.7 -55.0 298 39 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14168 -64.5 -76.6 17 12.1 -64.6 261 35 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16670 -61.0 -85.7 2 24.6 -61.3 179 17 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.40 m Freezing level: 565.76 mb = 4903.37 m = 16086.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.80 mb = 4399.80 m = 14434.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.59 mb = 2145.98 m = 7040.54 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 23.48 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.76 mb = 3431.97 m = 11259.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 41.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1120.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.92 mb = 2866.06 m = 9402.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.92 mb = 4169.82 m = 13680.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.92 mb = 12732.61 m = 41773.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1118.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.92 mb = 15601.08 m = 51184.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 412.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.09 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 222.55 m/s