MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.24,-99.48 Latitude: 42.24 Longitude: -99.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 592 SFC 931 766 16.3 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 183 4 295.4 297.6 291.9 330.6 12.25 3 900 1057 18.3 15.1 81 3.2 16.1 209 15 300.4 302.6 293.2 335.7 12.04 4 850 1545 16.4 11.5 73 4.9 13.3 227 11 303.3 305.2 292.6 333.2 10.05 5 800 2060 15.8 -1.8 30 17.6 6.8 147 7 308.0 308.8 289.0 321.0 4.20 6 750 2604 12.2 0.3 44 12.0 5.8 94 11 309.9 310.8 290.6 326.0 5.20 7 700 3177 7.6 -3.2 46 10.8 2.2 87 9 310.8 311.7 290.1 324.4 4.31 8 650 3783 4.4 -19.5 16 23.9 -3.9 143 4 313.9 314.1 288.1 318.1 1.25 9 600 4428 -0.1 -23.4 15 23.2 -7.2 357 2 315.9 316.1 288.5 319.3 0.97 10 550 5117 -4.8 -26.9 16 22.1 -10.8 353 9 318.4 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.77 11 500 5860 -9.1 -40.5 6 31.3 -14.9 340 11 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.22 12 450 6668 -12.9 -35.4 13 22.4 -17.5 315 15 327.0 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.42 13 400 7555 -18.8 -26.9 49 8.1 -20.7 316 23 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.4 1.06 14 350 8536 -25.9 -30.0 68 4.1 -26.7 312 29 333.9 334.0 293.6 337.2 0.90 15 300 9634 -34.2 -40.8 51 6.6 -34.9 305 33 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.6 0.36 16 250 10883 -44.2 -51.8 43 7.6 -44.6 298 45 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.13 17 200 12341 -53.0 -65.9 19 12.9 -53.3 292 49 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14177 -59.3 -84.2 3 25.0 -59.5 307 59 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16671 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 315 30 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.29 m Freezing level: 601.61 mb = 4407.23 m = 14459.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.05 mb = 3389.65 m = 11120.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.83 mb = 822.44 m = 2698.26 ft T: 16.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.65 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.69 mb = 2832.42 m = 9292.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 26.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5028.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.72 mb = 1750.49 m = 5743.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.5 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 20.5 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.3 neg: -77.0 tot: -22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 49.29 m/s