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: 44.1,-98.23 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 965 393 23.9 23.5 98 0.4 23.6 135 19 300.0 303.5 298.0 356.3 19.19 2 950 534 23.0 22.9 99 0.1 22.9 139 33 300.5 304.0 297.8 355.7 18.78 3 900 1006 20.6 20.5 99 0.1 20.6 146 51 302.8 305.9 297.4 353.5 17.13 4 850 1500 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.3 158 56 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.5 15.72 5 800 2019 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 173 55 308.3 311.0 297.0 351.9 14.39 6 750 2568 14.0 13.8 99 0.2 13.8 191 53 311.7 314.3 297.2 352.8 13.36 7 700 3149 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 217 50 314.4 316.6 296.7 350.3 11.56 8 650 3763 6.6 5.6 94 0.9 6.0 237 47 316.4 318.1 295.3 344.2 8.84 9 600 4417 3.3 -4.7 56 7.9 -0.7 251 48 319.9 320.8 292.9 334.5 4.51 10 550 5116 -2.3 -14.6 38 12.3 -7.0 260 48 321.4 321.8 291.4 328.9 2.25 11 500 5863 -8.9 -18.3 47 9.4 -12.0 265 48 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.4 1.81 12 450 6669 -14.7 -21.4 56 6.8 -16.7 270 44 324.8 325.1 291.7 330.1 1.53 13 400 7550 -20.3 -23.9 73 3.6 -21.2 273 37 328.7 328.9 292.7 333.6 1.39 14 350 8528 -26.2 -29.3 75 3.1 -26.8 280 29 333.4 333.6 293.6 336.9 0.97 15 300 9628 -33.0 -36.1 74 3.1 -33.4 305 25 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.1 0.58 16 250 10885 -42.8 -46.1 69 3.4 -43.0 321 24 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.24 17 200 12348 -55.2 -59.2 61 4.0 -55.4 327 19 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.6 0.07 18 150 14144 -59.7 -72.9 16 13.2 -59.9 264 31 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16698 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 210 13 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.40 m Freezing level: 570.70 mb = 4826.69 m = 15835.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.12 mb = 4347.95 m = 14264.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.56 mb = 437.29 m = 1434.67 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 24.36 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 888.92 m = 2916.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 27.13 C K Index: 45.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 630.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2415.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.07 mb = 879.71 m = 2886.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.07 mb = 927.62 m = 3043.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.07 mb = 13072.98 m = 42889.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2415.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1105.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1105.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 368.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.5 stream: 13.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.55 Bulk Rich Number: 6.51 Bulk Shear: 371.16 m/s