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: 44.63,-99.89 Latitude: 44.63 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 524 SFC 948 546 25.1 23.4 90 1.7 23.9 67 7 302.9 306.5 298.8 360.6 19.45 3 900 999 23.2 21.8 92 1.3 22.2 134 14 305.4 308.8 299.0 361.2 18.62 4 850 1498 20.7 20.4 98 0.3 20.5 193 18 307.9 311.3 299.2 362.5 18.05 5 800 2023 18.7 18.5 99 0.2 18.6 200 26 311.0 314.3 299.3 363.2 17.00 6 750 2576 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 221 30 312.7 315.4 298.0 356.4 14.19 7 700 3156 10.7 8.5 86 2.2 9.3 245 27 314.3 316.2 295.6 345.4 9.99 8 650 3773 8.7 -1.6 48 10.3 3.2 275 26 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.7 5.25 9 600 4429 3.9 -14.4 25 18.3 -3.5 270 29 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.6 2.08 10 550 5127 -2.6 -16.6 33 14.1 -7.7 263 33 321.1 321.4 291.0 327.5 1.89 11 500 5873 -8.7 -25.8 24 17.1 -13.4 261 34 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.7 0.93 12 450 6680 -14.6 -28.8 29 14.2 -17.9 266 32 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.7 0.79 13 400 7559 -21.0 -39.6 17 18.5 -23.8 265 28 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.31 14 350 8533 -27.2 -51.4 8 24.2 -29.5 277 24 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 15 300 9623 -36.4 -48.2 29 11.8 -37.3 282 24 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 16 250 10863 -44.9 -50.7 52 5.8 -45.2 290 8 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.15 17 200 12319 -54.7 -59.7 53 5.1 -54.8 8 5 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14134 -58.7 -80.1 5 21.5 -58.9 249 22 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16670 -59.4 -84.4 3 25.0 -59.7 216 16 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.94 m Freezing level: 569.87 mb = 4849.57 m = 15910.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.17 mb = 4079.16 m = 13382.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.79 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.65 mb = 761.51 m = 2498.38 ft T: 24.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 37.47 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1424.33 m = 4672.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -9.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -9.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 29.15 C K Index: 47.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 648.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3932.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.29 mb = 1172.66 m = 3847.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.29 mb = 2269.75 m = 7446.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.29 mb = 13835.20 m = 45390.52 ft B at Equ Level: 3889.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 391.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.28 Bulk Rich Number: 24.93 Bulk Shear: 157.73 m/s