MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.6,-100.7 Latitude: 42.60 Longitude: -100.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 546 SFC 914 900 33.1 21.6 51 11.5 24.5 137 8 314.3 317.8 300.7 370.6 18.11 3 900 1034 30.2 20.6 56 9.6 23.1 139 9 312.7 315.9 299.8 365.8 17.23 4 850 1542 25.1 19.6 71 5.5 21.1 144 9 312.4 315.7 299.7 365.1 17.10 5 800 2072 19.9 18.6 92 1.4 18.9 148 10 312.4 315.6 299.7 364.9 17.05 6 750 2628 18.9 4.0 37 14.9 10.0 215 19 317.1 318.4 294.0 338.7 6.81 7 700 3216 15.2 -8.0 19 23.2 4.0 251 18 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.1 2.99 8 650 3836 9.6 -9.6 25 19.2 0.8 256 18 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.83 9 600 4492 3.6 -12.9 29 16.5 -3.2 252 20 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.2 2.36 10 550 5190 -2.8 -13.9 42 11.1 -7.1 252 20 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.7 2.37 11 500 5936 -9.4 -20.3 41 11.0 -12.8 254 23 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.8 1.52 12 450 6740 -14.9 -33.4 19 18.5 -18.7 271 25 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.51 13 400 7618 -21.3 -39.8 17 18.4 -24.1 277 28 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.4 0.30 14 350 8589 -28.2 -46.6 16 18.3 -30.2 284 29 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.17 15 300 9676 -36.8 -51.2 21 14.3 -37.8 286 29 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 16 250 10910 -46.7 -56.1 33 9.4 -47.0 288 32 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 17 200 12356 -56.1 -64.7 33 8.6 -56.3 288 36 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14155 -61.1 -76.3 12 15.1 -61.3 293 34 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16672 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.8 295 10 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.99 m Freezing level: 571.75 mb = 4886.17 m = 16030.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.19 mb = 3960.64 m = 12994.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.66 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.25 mb = 2354.00 m = 7723.00 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.03 C/km ThetaE index: 41.44 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.37 mb = 2900.89 m = 9517.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.85 C = 98.33 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -11.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -11.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 63.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.49 C Cross Totals Index: 28.96 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4947.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 99.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.54 mb = 2251.27 m = 7385.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.54 mb = 3476.49 m = 11405.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.54 mb = 14215.58 m = 46638.48 ft B at Equ Level: 4938.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 78.53 Bulk Shear: 63.00 m/s