MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.24,-103.11 Latitude: 44.24 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 510 SFC 907 919 19.8 19.0 95 0.8 19.3 146 8 301.3 304.1 295.9 346.8 15.47 3 900 984 22.1 19.4 85 2.7 20.2 167 17 304.3 307.2 297.0 351.8 15.94 4 850 1488 27.7 14.5 44 13.2 18.5 206 19 315.2 317.5 297.4 353.5 12.30 5 800 2023 25.1 7.7 33 17.4 14.0 202 25 317.9 319.5 295.3 344.1 8.27 6 750 2585 21.5 -5.4 16 27.0 7.6 217 21 319.9 320.6 292.0 331.1 3.40 7 700 3176 16.7 -13.9 11 30.7 3.3 241 18 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.3 1.86 8 650 3799 10.8 -14.4 16 25.1 0.2 256 18 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.7 1.93 9 600 4457 4.4 -14.3 24 18.7 -3.2 257 19 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.2 2.10 10 550 5156 -2.5 -14.5 39 12.0 -7.1 256 20 321.1 321.6 291.3 328.7 2.25 11 500 5902 -9.7 -18.2 50 8.5 -12.5 255 21 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.4 1.83 12 450 6704 -15.9 -29.2 31 13.3 -18.9 259 26 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.76 13 400 7579 -22.4 -35.6 29 13.1 -24.6 260 34 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.46 14 350 8547 -28.7 -44.6 20 15.9 -30.4 262 41 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.9 0.21 15 300 9631 -37.2 -50.7 23 13.5 -38.1 265 44 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10866 -45.8 -60.8 17 15.0 -46.4 271 46 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 17 200 12320 -54.6 -68.9 15 14.4 -54.8 275 42 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14124 -61.7 -74.8 16 13.2 -61.8 270 40 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16636 -60.9 -85.5 2 24.7 -61.1 252 9 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.86 m Freezing level: 568.20 mb = 4901.50 m = 16080.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.12 mb = 3835.39 m = 12583.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.55 % Est. max temperature: 37.68 C = 99.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.42 mb = 1019.21 m = 3343.81 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.69 C/km ThetaE index: 26.18 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.20 mb = 3796.39 m = 12455.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.12 C = 102.41 F Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lifted Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.87 C Showalter Index: -7.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 21.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 604.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2384.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 435.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.70 mb = 2773.44 m = 9099.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.70 mb = 4474.49 m = 14679.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.70 mb = 13026.44 m = 42737.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2360.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.18 Bulk Rich Number: 53.17 Bulk Shear: 44.85 m/s