MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.69,-100.28 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 572 SFC 923 816 15.1 14.0 93 1.1 14.4 227 4 294.9 296.9 290.6 326.2 10.92 3 900 1035 18.5 11.8 65 6.7 14.2 220 4 300.5 302.3 291.5 329.0 9.68 4 850 1528 19.2 13.4 69 5.8 15.3 339 4 306.2 308.4 294.4 340.6 11.42 5 800 2046 15.7 7.7 59 8.0 10.8 342 9 307.9 309.4 292.5 333.0 8.27 6 750 2591 11.9 3.0 55 8.8 6.9 335 10 309.5 310.7 291.5 329.1 6.36 7 700 3164 8.0 -0.5 55 8.5 3.5 325 12 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.8 5.26 8 650 3770 3.2 -2.3 67 5.6 0.4 320 15 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.3 4.96 9 600 4414 -1.5 -5.6 74 4.0 -3.4 318 17 314.3 315.1 291.1 327.8 4.21 10 550 5101 -5.8 -11.9 62 6.1 -8.2 301 18 317.3 317.8 290.7 326.4 2.80 11 500 5842 -10.2 -18.9 49 8.7 -13.0 305 17 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.72 12 450 6645 -15.6 -25.2 44 9.6 -18.1 318 14 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.4 1.09 13 400 7521 -22.1 -33.9 34 11.8 -24.2 317 13 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.54 14 350 8487 -29.8 -42.0 30 12.2 -31.2 305 15 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.27 15 300 9566 -38.5 -46.0 45 7.5 -39.1 306 25 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.21 16 250 10795 -46.4 -56.8 30 10.4 -46.8 301 31 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 17 200 12259 -48.8 -71.2 6 22.4 -49.4 301 41 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14127 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 298 35 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16658 -63.7 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.8 296 13 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.02 m Freezing level: 616.10 mb = 4206.59 m = 13801.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3839.48 m = 12596.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.10 mb = 958.40 m = 3144.32 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.51 mb = 2924.05 m = 9593.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 273.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 229.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.57 mb = 2040.39 m = 6694.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.57 mb = 4078.33 m = 13380.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.57 mb = 10138.42 m = 33262.12 ft B at Equ Level: 267.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.57 mb = 11767.18 m = 38605.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.4 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 345.4 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.32 Bulk Shear: 20.57 m/s