MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 44.8,-100.0 Latitude: 44.80 Longitude: -100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 546 SFC 948 567 17.5 14.5 83 2.9 15.6 128 10 295.1 297.1 290.8 326.8 11.04 3 900 1012 21.4 14.0 62 7.5 16.5 174 22 303.6 305.7 293.6 336.9 11.21 4 850 1507 20.4 11.8 58 8.6 14.8 209 20 307.5 309.4 294.0 338.6 10.26 5 800 2028 16.8 9.5 62 7.3 12.2 219 19 309.0 310.8 293.7 337.6 9.37 6 750 2574 12.7 6.1 64 6.6 8.8 233 18 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.7 7.89 7 700 3150 8.8 2.9 66 5.9 5.5 256 21 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.3 6.77 8 650 3758 3.4 0.5 81 2.9 1.8 274 20 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.0 6.12 9 600 4402 -0.9 -2.6 88 1.7 -1.7 286 22 315.1 316.1 292.2 331.8 5.28 10 550 5092 -4.8 -8.3 77 3.4 -6.4 294 22 318.3 319.1 291.8 330.4 3.72 11 500 5836 -9.1 -17.6 50 8.4 -12.0 282 25 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.4 1.93 12 450 6642 -15.0 -27.0 35 11.9 -18.0 271 28 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.6 0.93 13 400 7520 -20.8 -37.0 22 16.2 -23.5 289 31 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.40 14 350 8493 -27.8 -40.0 30 12.2 -29.3 303 36 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 15 300 9583 -36.2 -43.9 45 7.8 -36.9 302 49 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.26 16 250 10818 -47.5 -52.3 57 4.9 -47.7 300 59 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 17 200 12256 -54.9 -71.3 11 16.5 -55.1 304 33 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 14078 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 286 38 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16614 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 297 21 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.63 m Freezing level: 610.32 mb = 4269.39 m = 14007.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.31 mb = 4082.59 m = 13394.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.23 mb = 942.94 m = 3093.61 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 10.91 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.62 mb = 2965.70 m = 9729.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.77 C = 92.78 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 321.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.03 mb = 1910.43 m = 6267.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.03 mb = 4190.14 m = 13747.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.03 mb = 8368.76 m = 27456.23 ft B at Equ Level: 120.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.03 mb = 11467.80 m = 37623.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 245.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 105.43 m/s