MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.10,-98.59 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 956 486 28.5 22.6 70 5.9 24.2 122 15 305.5 308.9 298.8 360.5 18.33 2 950 545 27.6 22.1 72 5.5 23.6 123 19 305.2 308.6 298.5 358.9 17.94 3 900 1022 23.1 21.0 88 2.1 21.6 139 25 305.3 308.6 298.4 358.2 17.65 4 850 1520 19.7 19.5 99 0.1 19.6 164 29 306.8 310.0 298.4 358.2 17.07 5 800 2042 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 196 31 309.2 312.0 297.5 354.3 14.85 6 750 2591 14.0 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 217 33 311.8 314.3 297.0 351.9 13.05 7 700 3172 11.3 10.0 92 1.3 10.4 225 30 315.0 317.1 296.5 349.5 11.09 8 650 3788 7.1 2.6 73 4.5 4.5 230 26 317.0 318.4 294.2 339.6 7.14 9 600 4441 2.5 -4.1 62 6.6 -0.8 250 29 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.3 4.71 10 550 5138 -2.4 -14.1 40 11.6 -7.0 271 30 321.2 321.6 291.5 329.0 2.34 11 500 5885 -8.8 -16.4 54 7.6 -11.5 289 27 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.4 2.12 12 450 6691 -15.4 -28.7 31 13.3 -18.4 279 29 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.7 0.80 13 400 7568 -21.6 -41.0 16 19.4 -24.4 274 28 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.26 14 350 8536 -29.5 -40.5 34 11.0 -30.8 267 26 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.32 15 300 9617 -37.4 -40.8 70 3.4 -37.7 245 22 332.7 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.36 16 250 10848 -47.7 -53.0 54 5.3 -47.9 217 20 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12291 -56.1 -66.1 27 10.0 -56.3 239 25 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14121 -54.2 -81.5 2 27.3 -54.6 218 15 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16677 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 200 15 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.97 m Freezing level: 574.52 mb = 4796.42 m = 15736.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.51 mb = 4339.68 m = 14237.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.18 mb = 1236.01 m = 4055.11 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 31.46 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1442.12 m = 4731.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -8.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 28.36 C K Index: 46.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 603.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3858.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.69 mb = 1320.48 m = 4332.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.69 mb = 1573.67 m = 5162.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.69 mb = 13151.43 m = 43147.22 ft B at Equ Level: 3849.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 425.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.89 Bulk Rich Number: 19.82 Bulk Shear: 194.72 m/s