MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 42.6,-99.3 Latitude: 42.60 Longitude: -99.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 496 SFC 931 676 37.2 19.0 35 18.2 23.9 177 6 316.7 319.6 299.4 363.8 15.06 3 900 988 32.6 17.5 41 15.1 21.8 180 7 315.1 317.8 298.5 359.1 14.15 4 850 1499 27.6 16.5 51 11.1 19.7 183 7 315.0 317.7 298.4 358.6 14.00 5 800 2032 22.7 14.0 58 8.7 16.7 200 8 315.3 317.7 297.6 354.6 12.63 6 750 2592 20.6 2.9 31 17.7 10.2 230 22 318.9 320.2 294.1 339.1 6.31 7 700 3183 15.9 1.4 37 14.5 7.5 234 26 320.1 321.3 294.2 339.6 6.06 8 650 3806 10.3 0.6 51 9.7 4.8 236 27 320.6 321.8 294.4 340.4 6.15 9 600 4465 4.2 -0.2 73 4.3 1.8 237 26 320.9 322.2 294.6 341.3 6.30 10 550 5165 -1.7 -7.8 63 6.1 -4.6 235 28 322.0 322.8 293.0 334.7 3.86 11 500 5914 -8.0 -15.7 54 7.7 -10.8 238 27 323.2 323.7 291.9 330.9 2.25 12 450 6723 -13.7 -16.9 77 3.2 -14.8 244 22 326.0 326.4 292.7 333.7 2.27 13 400 7608 -19.7 -23.0 75 3.3 -20.6 235 22 329.4 329.7 293.0 334.7 1.50 14 350 8585 -27.2 -31.6 66 4.5 -28.0 244 23 332.1 332.3 293.0 335.0 0.77 15 300 9674 -36.2 -45.4 38 9.2 -37.0 249 25 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.22 16 250 10913 -45.5 -57.8 24 12.3 -45.9 245 30 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12368 -54.7 -68.6 16 13.9 -55.0 249 31 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14168 -62.5 -78.5 10 16.0 -62.6 269 21 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16668 -61.9 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.1 248 21 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.87 m Freezing level: 564.68 mb = 4959.29 m = 16270.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.95 mb = 4655.23 m = 15272.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.74 % Est. max temperature: 37.10 C = 98.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.24 mb = 2962.61 m = 9719.74 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 24.71 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.32 mb = 3497.11 m = 11473.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.77 C = 105.39 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -8.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3430.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.08 mb = 2917.06 m = 9570.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.08 mb = 3842.94 m = 12607.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.08 mb = 13879.92 m = 45537.23 ft B at Equ Level: 3424.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 79.80 Bulk Shear: 42.98 m/s