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: 43.05,-100.25 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -100.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 546 SFC 928 761 32.5 22.3 55 10.1 24.9 160 9 312.3 315.8 300.5 369.6 18.61 3 900 1033 29.5 21.4 62 8.1 23.5 164 11 311.9 315.3 300.1 367.4 18.06 4 850 1540 24.5 20.2 77 4.2 21.3 169 12 311.8 315.1 299.9 366.5 17.81 5 800 2069 19.5 18.8 96 0.7 19.1 179 13 312.0 315.3 299.7 365.4 17.38 6 750 2624 16.7 13.0 79 3.7 14.2 240 17 314.7 317.1 297.5 354.1 12.68 7 700 3210 14.6 -7.3 21 21.9 3.9 267 16 318.6 319.3 291.5 329.0 3.16 8 650 3829 9.4 -10.5 23 19.9 0.5 261 20 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.4 2.65 9 600 4485 3.4 -12.9 29 16.4 -3.3 259 22 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.0 2.36 10 550 5182 -2.8 -21.0 23 18.2 -8.7 257 22 320.8 321.0 290.3 325.3 1.31 11 500 5928 -8.2 -30.8 14 22.6 -13.6 269 22 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.2 0.59 12 450 6736 -14.4 -26.3 36 11.9 -17.4 280 23 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.6 0.99 13 400 7617 -20.5 -43.9 10 23.5 -23.7 282 24 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.19 14 350 8592 -27.6 -46.2 15 18.6 -29.6 286 23 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.17 15 300 9680 -36.7 -53.6 16 16.9 -37.8 292 19 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.09 16 250 10915 -46.9 -61.3 18 14.4 -47.3 299 25 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 17 200 12358 -56.5 -66.0 29 9.5 -56.6 301 36 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14156 -60.5 -77.0 10 16.5 -60.7 299 29 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16674 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 268 7 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.80 m Freezing level: 572.40 mb = 4869.67 m = 15976.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.59 mb = 3910.56 m = 12829.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.12 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.64 mb = 2051.29 m = 6729.87 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 44.41 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2106.97 m = 6912.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -10.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -10.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.62 C Cross Totals Index: 28.37 C K Index: 30.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 528.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5169.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 101.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.71 mb = 2072.24 m = 6798.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.71 mb = 2234.92 m = 7332.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.71 mb = 14378.74 m = 47173.77 ft B at Equ Level: 5140.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.90 Bulk Rich Number: 91.94 Bulk Shear: 56.23 m/s