MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.83,-99.02 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 952 507 26.9 22.9 79 4.0 23.9 140 15 304.3 307.8 298.7 360.2 18.73 2 950 527 26.8 22.7 78 4.1 23.8 138 15 304.4 307.9 298.7 360.0 18.63 3 900 1004 24.7 21.1 80 3.7 22.1 168 35 307.0 310.3 298.8 360.4 17.73 4 850 1504 20.9 20.0 94 0.9 20.3 187 36 308.1 311.4 299.0 361.3 17.57 5 800 2029 18.4 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 197 38 310.8 314.0 299.1 362.0 16.75 6 750 2581 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.6 220 37 312.5 315.2 297.8 355.8 14.07 7 700 3161 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.2 249 28 313.1 315.1 295.5 344.9 10.27 8 650 3775 8.3 -0.1 55 8.4 3.7 268 29 318.4 319.5 293.6 337.1 5.85 9 600 4432 4.2 -15.9 22 20.1 -3.6 274 33 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.2 1.85 10 550 5131 -2.2 -15.2 36 13.0 -7.1 276 32 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.7 2.13 11 500 5878 -8.3 -23.3 29 15.0 -12.7 271 32 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.0 1.17 12 450 6687 -13.9 -32.3 19 18.5 -17.9 277 32 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.9 0.56 13 400 7568 -20.9 -34.4 29 13.5 -23.4 277 28 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.52 14 350 8540 -27.4 -50.6 9 23.2 -29.6 274 22 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 15 300 9633 -35.2 -55.6 11 20.4 -36.5 291 20 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 16 250 10877 -44.4 -61.4 13 16.9 -45.0 307 10 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12334 -54.7 -65.2 26 10.5 -54.9 322 6 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14144 -59.8 -79.2 6 19.4 -60.0 268 25 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16679 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 210 13 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.92 m Freezing level: 567.18 mb = 4890.53 m = 16044.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.67 mb = 4101.60 m = 13456.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.11 mb = 1022.43 m = 3354.38 ft T: 24.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 34.80 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.08 mb = 1709.40 m = 5608.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -8.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.74 C Showalter Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 28.31 C K Index: 48.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 665.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3684.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.16 mb = 1390.15 m = 4560.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.16 mb = 2178.02 m = 7145.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.16 mb = 13890.98 m = 45573.52 ft B at Equ Level: 3643.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 556.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 556.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.76 Bulk Rich Number: 19.37 Bulk Shear: 190.14 m/s