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: 42.83,-100.38 Latitude: 42.83 Longitude: -100.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 542 SFC 923 805 32.9 22.0 53 10.8 24.7 163 9 313.1 316.6 300.5 369.9 18.37 3 900 1031 30.3 20.9 57 9.4 23.4 168 12 312.8 316.1 300.0 367.0 17.58 4 850 1539 25.3 19.8 72 5.5 21.3 174 13 312.7 316.0 299.9 366.2 17.37 5 800 2070 20.2 18.7 91 1.6 19.1 180 13 312.7 316.0 299.8 365.7 17.19 6 750 2625 16.9 13.1 79 3.7 14.3 234 15 314.9 317.3 297.6 354.6 12.78 7 700 3212 14.8 -9.6 18 24.3 3.4 270 17 318.8 319.4 291.0 327.6 2.64 8 650 3831 9.5 -10.2 24 19.7 0.5 264 19 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.6 2.70 9 600 4487 3.6 -14.4 25 18.0 -3.6 263 22 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.2 2.08 10 550 5184 -2.6 -24.0 17 21.4 -9.1 263 22 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.5 0.99 11 500 5931 -8.1 -30.2 15 22.1 -13.6 272 23 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.3 0.62 12 450 6739 -14.2 -27.2 32 13.0 -17.4 282 24 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.91 13 400 7620 -20.5 -45.3 9 24.7 -23.8 284 27 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 14 350 8594 -27.7 -47.6 13 19.9 -29.7 287 25 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 15 300 9682 -36.6 -51.9 19 15.3 -37.7 292 23 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 16 250 10918 -46.5 -60.4 19 13.8 -47.0 297 28 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12363 -56.1 -65.9 28 9.8 -56.3 299 38 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14159 -61.1 -75.7 13 14.7 -61.2 298 30 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16676 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 280 6 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.12 m Freezing level: 571.10 mb = 4889.71 m = 16042.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.42 mb = 3914.42 m = 12842.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.91 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.79 mb = 2180.12 m = 7152.55 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 42.35 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.63 mb = 2357.98 m = 7736.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.57 C = 92.43 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -10.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -10.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.46 C Cross Totals Index: 27.96 C K Index: 28.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5052.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 100.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.61 mb = 2225.83 m = 7302.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.61 mb = 2504.03 m = 8215.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.61 mb = 14560.62 m = 47770.49 ft B at Equ Level: 4992.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 86.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.45 Bulk Rich Number: 85.40 Bulk Shear: 59.16 m/s