MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-100.12 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 561 SFC 949 567 24.6 17.7 66 6.8 19.8 171 10 302.2 304.7 294.8 342.2 13.57 3 900 1036 23.5 16.9 66 6.6 18.9 194 30 305.8 308.3 295.8 346.5 13.61 4 850 1533 20.0 16.2 79 3.8 17.4 214 21 307.1 309.6 296.3 348.5 13.75 5 800 2054 16.3 13.7 85 2.6 14.6 243 13 308.6 310.9 295.8 346.3 12.45 6 750 2605 16.6 1.3 36 15.3 8.0 269 11 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.4 5.62 7 700 3187 12.2 -6.8 26 19.0 3.1 291 23 316.0 316.6 290.7 326.6 3.28 8 650 3802 7.3 -6.0 38 13.3 0.8 282 31 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.3 3.74 9 600 4454 1.4 -4.7 64 6.1 -1.6 270 34 317.8 318.6 292.3 332.3 4.51 10 550 5146 -4.6 -12.2 55 7.6 -7.6 267 39 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.7 2.73 11 500 5888 -9.8 -36.8 9 27.1 -15.1 270 32 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.32 12 450 6692 -15.8 -32.1 23 16.3 -19.1 269 27 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.57 13 400 7566 -22.8 -27.2 67 4.4 -23.8 271 26 325.3 325.5 291.4 329.0 1.03 14 350 8531 -29.4 -39.7 36 10.3 -30.7 276 26 329.1 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.35 15 300 9614 -37.6 -52.3 20 14.6 -38.6 286 25 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 16 250 10843 -47.8 -54.4 46 6.6 -48.1 287 29 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.09 17 200 12282 -56.3 -65.0 33 8.7 -56.4 274 33 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 18 150 14109 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 265 25 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16665 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 224 14 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.40 m Freezing level: 588.16 mb = 4617.64 m = 15149.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.52 mb = 4023.90 m = 13201.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.94 mb = 1442.38 m = 4732.16 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 21.86 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.79 mb = 3033.95 m = 9953.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.82 C = 100.08 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 26.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1886.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 223.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.54 mb = 1804.98 m = 5921.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.54 mb = 4075.24 m = 13370.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.54 mb = 12656.74 m = 41524.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1847.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.54 mb = 15592.67 m = 51156.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.2 neg: -29.4 tot: 153.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.05 Bulk Rich Number: 17.69 Bulk Shear: 106.68 m/s