MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.53,-100.81 Latitude: 42.53 Longitude: -100.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 537 SFC 910 925 33.1 21.1 49 12.0 24.2 167 10 314.6 318.0 300.4 369.3 17.58 3 900 1027 31.8 20.5 51 11.3 23.5 170 12 314.2 317.5 300.1 367.4 17.12 4 850 1537 26.7 19.3 64 7.4 21.3 176 13 314.1 317.3 299.9 366.2 16.79 5 800 2070 21.5 18.1 81 3.5 19.0 181 13 314.1 317.2 299.7 365.2 16.51 6 750 2627 17.1 14.5 85 2.6 15.3 216 10 315.1 317.8 298.4 358.5 13.94 7 700 3213 14.8 -5.4 24 20.2 4.6 274 17 318.8 319.5 291.9 330.7 3.64 8 650 3833 9.5 -10.6 23 20.1 0.5 270 20 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.4 2.62 9 600 4489 3.7 -16.7 21 20.4 -4.0 270 24 320.4 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.73 10 550 5186 -2.5 -20.8 23 18.3 -8.5 269 27 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.7 1.32 11 500 5933 -7.9 -28.7 17 20.8 -13.2 275 25 323.4 323.6 290.6 326.0 0.71 12 450 6742 -14.1 -29.4 26 15.3 -17.6 286 27 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.74 13 400 7624 -20.6 -38.2 19 17.6 -23.4 283 33 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.35 14 350 8598 -27.4 -47.1 14 19.7 -29.5 287 27 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.16 15 300 9687 -36.4 -51.3 20 14.9 -37.5 295 25 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.11 16 250 10924 -46.2 -57.9 26 11.6 -46.7 297 30 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.06 17 200 12371 -56.1 -66.8 25 10.7 -56.3 299 36 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 14165 -61.9 -75.1 16 13.1 -62.1 295 33 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16678 -61.0 -86.1 2 25.1 -61.2 310 8 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.96 m Freezing level: 569.96 mb = 4907.87 m = 16101.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.59 mb = 3901.41 m = 12799.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.14 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.76 mb = 2447.25 m = 8028.94 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 43.59 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.59 mb = 2574.01 m = 8444.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.50 C = 92.29 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -10.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -10.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.60 C Cross Totals Index: 27.18 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4964.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 99.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.59 mb = 2471.75 m = 8109.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.59 mb = 3230.11 m = 10597.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.59 mb = 14655.60 m = 48082.09 ft B at Equ Level: 4898.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.85 Bulk Rich Number: 68.09 Bulk Shear: 72.92 m/s