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: 44.35,-97.83 Latitude: 44.35 Longitude: -97.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 964 438 22.4 20.4 88 2.0 21.0 120 17 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.8 15.83 2 950 569 20.6 19.7 95 0.9 20.0 123 23 298.1 300.9 295.0 342.8 15.40 3 900 1036 19.3 19.2 99 0.2 19.2 153 38 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.7 15.72 4 850 1531 20.0 16.9 82 3.1 17.8 196 27 307.1 309.8 296.7 350.3 14.36 5 800 2052 17.0 11.5 70 5.5 13.4 209 26 309.3 311.3 294.8 342.0 10.75 6 750 2600 13.1 8.4 73 4.8 10.2 222 23 310.8 312.6 294.1 339.2 9.24 7 700 3177 10.0 -0.2 49 10.2 4.5 235 24 313.5 314.6 291.9 330.5 5.40 8 650 3788 5.3 -3.3 54 8.6 1.0 245 21 315.0 315.9 291.6 329.7 4.63 9 600 4438 1.8 -4.6 63 6.4 -1.3 266 25 318.2 319.1 292.5 332.9 4.54 10 550 5134 -2.8 -11.2 52 8.4 -6.3 282 28 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.5 2.95 11 500 5879 -9.3 -16.0 58 6.7 -11.7 293 28 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.0 2.19 12 450 6683 -15.6 -25.8 41 10.1 -18.1 284 30 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.3 1.04 13 400 7561 -21.4 -40.9 16 19.5 -24.2 272 30 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.27 14 350 8529 -28.9 -37.8 42 8.9 -30.2 262 26 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.3 0.42 15 300 9613 -37.1 -45.1 43 8.0 -37.8 250 21 333.1 333.1 292.8 333.9 0.23 16 250 10847 -46.4 -55.0 37 8.6 -46.7 208 20 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.09 17 200 12292 -57.7 -63.0 51 5.3 -57.8 176 22 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 14121 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 228 16 377.5 377.5 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16679 -60.1 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 202 12 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.58 m Freezing level: 580.51 mb = 4708.94 m = 15449.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.33 mb = 4062.88 m = 13329.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.16 mb = 695.78 m = 2282.70 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2039.80 m = 6692.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.87 C = 91.16 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.20 C K Index: 36.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1788.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.12 mb = 1025.37 m = 3364.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.12 mb = 3342.24 m = 10965.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.12 mb = 12748.90 m = 41826.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1749.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.12 mb = 15214.58 m = 49915.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 480.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 480.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.20 Bulk Rich Number: 7.61 Bulk Shear: 235.09 m/s