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: 44.49,-99.59 Latitude: 44.49 Longitude: -99.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 520 SFC 945 566 26.5 23.2 82 3.3 24.1 106 11 304.5 308.1 299.1 362.3 19.30 3 900 998 24.3 21.8 86 2.5 22.5 139 23 306.6 310.0 299.2 362.6 18.59 4 850 1499 21.5 20.3 93 1.2 20.6 181 24 308.7 312.0 299.2 362.9 17.88 5 800 2024 18.9 18.8 99 0.2 18.8 194 29 311.3 314.6 299.5 364.4 17.30 6 750 2577 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 216 32 312.7 315.4 298.0 356.6 14.24 7 700 3158 10.1 8.7 91 1.5 9.2 242 29 313.7 315.7 295.6 345.2 10.14 8 650 3773 8.3 1.0 60 7.3 4.2 267 28 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.7 6.36 9 600 4430 4.0 -14.3 25 18.3 -3.4 271 29 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.8 2.10 10 550 5128 -2.5 -14.3 40 11.8 -7.1 262 32 321.1 321.6 291.4 328.8 2.30 11 500 5874 -8.5 -25.1 25 16.6 -13.1 260 32 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 0.99 12 450 6682 -14.3 -30.3 24 16.0 -17.9 267 31 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.68 13 400 7562 -21.0 -35.5 26 14.5 -23.5 262 27 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.46 14 350 8534 -27.7 -45.8 16 18.1 -29.7 264 23 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.18 15 300 9623 -36.1 -44.1 44 8.0 -36.8 272 22 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.4 0.25 16 250 10866 -44.2 -48.4 63 4.2 -44.5 295 7 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.19 17 200 12324 -54.9 -59.3 58 4.4 -55.0 1 7 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.06 18 150 14137 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 249 22 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16673 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 216 14 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.29 m Freezing level: 569.29 mb = 4858.41 m = 15939.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.18 mb = 4132.00 m = 13556.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 91.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.23 mb = 985.75 m = 3234.04 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 36.63 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1708.39 m = 5604.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -9.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.65 C Showalter Index: -9.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.99 C Cross Totals Index: 28.78 C K Index: 48.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 667.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4127.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.22 mb = 1343.21 m = 4406.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.22 mb = 2238.76 m = 7344.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.22 mb = 13721.88 m = 45018.76 ft B at Equ Level: 4114.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 478.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 478.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.79 Bulk Rich Number: 20.87 Bulk Shear: 197.74 m/s