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: 44.78,-99.65 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 529 SFC 947 560 23.1 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 110 7 300.9 304.3 297.7 354.9 18.34 3 900 1001 21.1 21.0 99 0.1 21.1 140 24 303.3 306.5 297.8 355.7 17.65 4 850 1498 20.4 20.3 99 0.2 20.4 184 26 307.5 310.9 299.0 361.5 17.87 5 800 2022 18.3 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 204 31 310.7 313.9 299.0 361.7 16.66 6 750 2574 14.8 14.5 98 0.2 14.6 227 36 312.6 315.3 297.8 355.7 14.01 7 700 3155 10.4 9.1 92 1.3 9.6 249 32 314.0 316.0 295.8 346.5 10.46 8 650 3770 7.7 2.6 70 5.1 4.8 275 32 317.7 319.1 294.4 340.4 7.14 9 600 4426 3.6 -8.8 40 12.4 -2.0 279 35 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.1 3.28 10 550 5124 -2.5 -14.3 40 11.8 -7.1 263 36 321.1 321.6 291.4 328.8 2.30 11 500 5870 -8.6 -23.5 29 14.9 -12.9 261 35 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.6 1.15 12 450 6678 -14.4 -30.5 24 16.1 -18.0 263 33 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.67 13 400 7557 -21.7 -30.7 44 8.9 -23.5 262 33 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.4 0.74 14 350 8526 -28.3 -33.2 63 4.9 -29.1 270 27 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.1 0.66 15 300 9615 -35.5 -39.0 70 3.5 -35.9 281 20 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.43 16 250 10863 -43.7 -47.2 68 3.6 -43.9 324 9 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12325 -54.1 -58.1 61 4.0 -54.2 23 10 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.07 18 150 14136 -58.8 -81.0 4 22.2 -59.0 250 26 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16676 -59.1 -86.3 2 27.2 -59.5 215 16 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.30 m Freezing level: 570.36 mb = 4839.52 m = 15877.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.94 mb = 4224.50 m = 13859.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.66 mb = 643.06 m = 2109.74 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 35.10 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.91 mb = 972.44 m = 3190.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.49 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -8.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -9.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C Cross Totals Index: 28.84 C K Index: 47.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 654.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3119.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.30 mb = 1075.38 m = 3528.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.30 mb = 2491.46 m = 8173.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.30 mb = 13448.87 m = 44123.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3083.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 583.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 583.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 194.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.06 Bulk Rich Number: 14.12 Bulk Shear: 220.95 m/s