MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.71,-98.31 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 964 398 35.2 23.2 50 12.0 26.2 134 13 311.6 315.2 300.5 369.8 18.94 2 950 528 32.7 21.9 53 10.8 24.7 134 16 310.4 313.8 299.5 364.5 17.70 3 900 1013 27.9 20.9 66 6.9 22.8 135 18 310.2 313.6 299.5 363.9 17.58 4 850 1517 23.0 19.7 82 3.2 20.6 136 18 310.2 313.5 299.3 363.1 17.30 5 800 2046 23.5 -10.8 9 34.3 7.5 167 10 316.2 316.6 289.7 323.2 2.10 6 750 2603 18.7 -3.7 22 22.4 7.0 189 12 316.9 317.6 291.6 329.4 3.88 7 700 3189 14.2 -4.9 26 19.1 4.5 220 18 318.2 319.0 291.9 330.6 3.79 8 650 3808 9.4 -6.8 31 16.3 1.5 246 17 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.2 3.53 9 600 4465 3.3 -5.8 51 9.1 -1.1 253 20 319.9 320.8 292.6 333.5 4.15 10 550 5162 -3.0 -12.9 46 9.9 -7.0 256 20 320.5 321.0 291.5 329.1 2.57 11 500 5907 -9.5 -17.1 54 7.6 -12.1 282 23 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.00 12 450 6711 -15.4 -25.8 41 10.4 -18.0 289 30 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.5 1.04 13 400 7589 -21.3 -39.2 18 17.9 -24.1 279 28 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.32 14 350 8561 -27.9 -45.9 16 17.9 -29.9 267 25 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 15 300 9647 -36.8 -50.2 24 13.4 -37.8 269 27 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 16 250 10883 -46.2 -57.7 26 11.4 -46.7 271 27 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.06 17 200 12333 -54.6 -68.5 16 13.9 -54.8 258 25 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14135 -61.8 -75.0 16 13.2 -62.0 274 29 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16649 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 268 7 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.61 m Freezing level: 573.76 mb = 4830.56 m = 15848.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.74 mb = 4186.05 m = 13733.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.72 % Est. max temperature: 38.07 C = 100.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.26 mb = 1913.55 m = 6277.96 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 46.66 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2709.79 m = 8890.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.68 C = 105.22 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: -11.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -10.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.52 C Cross Totals Index: 29.28 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 647.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4644.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 96.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.34 mb = 1901.90 m = 6239.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.34 mb = 3208.59 m = 10526.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.34 mb = 14204.08 m = 46600.75 ft B at Equ Level: 4631.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 260.3 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): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 82.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 54.95 Bulk Shear: 84.53 m/s