MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.03,-98.74 Latitude: 44.03 Longitude: -98.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 520 SFC 949 527 24.3 21.9 87 2.4 22.5 134 11 301.9 305.1 297.5 354.1 17.67 3 900 994 22.7 19.8 84 2.9 20.6 170 32 304.9 307.9 297.4 353.7 16.35 4 850 1491 19.6 18.0 90 1.6 18.4 184 48 306.6 309.5 297.3 353.0 15.42 5 800 2012 16.6 16.4 99 0.2 16.4 201 53 308.8 311.6 297.4 353.6 14.78 6 750 2562 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 222 51 312.2 314.8 297.6 354.6 13.78 7 700 3143 10.7 10.0 96 0.7 10.2 243 43 314.3 316.4 296.4 348.7 11.09 8 650 3758 8.1 2.9 70 5.2 5.1 272 44 318.1 319.6 294.6 341.3 7.28 9 600 4415 3.8 -7.1 45 10.8 -1.4 280 52 320.5 321.2 292.4 332.8 3.75 10 550 5113 -2.0 -15.0 36 13.0 -7.0 280 54 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.0 2.17 11 500 5861 -8.5 -19.1 42 10.6 -12.0 279 54 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.5 1.69 12 450 6668 -14.8 -19.1 70 4.2 -16.2 277 48 324.6 325.0 292.0 331.1 1.88 13 400 7551 -19.4 -21.8 81 2.4 -20.1 281 39 329.8 330.1 293.2 335.6 1.66 14 350 8532 -25.3 -28.0 78 2.7 -25.9 295 28 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.09 15 300 9637 -32.0 -35.0 75 3.0 -32.4 335 25 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.8 0.65 16 250 10898 -42.0 -45.3 70 3.4 -42.2 6 34 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.8 0.27 17 200 12367 -54.0 -58.0 61 4.0 -54.1 20 50 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14167 -61.4 -69.6 33 8.2 -61.4 328 21 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.02 19 100 16696 -59.7 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 206 16 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.90 m Freezing level: 567.26 mb = 4872.30 m = 15985.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.71 mb = 4269.78 m = 14008.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.06 mb = 829.25 m = 2720.61 ft T: 23.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 26.13 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1646.38 m = 5401.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.06 C Cross Totals Index: 26.46 C K Index: 45.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 624.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1986.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.87 mb = 1320.15 m = 4331.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.87 mb = 2767.85 m = 9080.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.87 mb = 13315.29 m = 43684.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1957.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1092.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1092.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 364.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 19.0 stream: 14.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.26 Bulk Rich Number: 5.58 Bulk Shear: 356.08 m/s