MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 14 AUG 25 Station: 43.0,-102.2 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -102.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 497 2 900 966 SFC 887 1092 17.7 14.8 83 2.9 15.8 235 6 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.3 12.00 4 850 1460 23.6 12.8 51 10.8 16.4 195 41 310.9 313.0 295.4 344.6 11.00 5 800 1993 26.0 9.2 35 16.8 15.0 226 34 318.9 320.7 296.2 347.9 9.16 6 750 2557 21.7 2.3 28 19.3 10.3 238 22 320.1 321.3 294.2 339.6 6.05 7 700 3148 15.9 -0.2 33 16.1 6.9 245 20 320.1 321.2 293.7 337.6 5.40 8 650 3770 9.9 -3.2 39 13.2 3.1 277 21 320.2 321.1 293.1 335.3 4.64 9 600 4428 3.6 -6.6 47 10.2 -1.3 288 32 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.1 3.89 10 550 5125 -2.8 -9.0 62 6.3 -5.5 296 42 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.3 3.51 11 500 5871 -8.9 -17.6 49 8.7 -11.9 302 48 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.7 1.91 12 450 6678 -14.3 -30.8 23 16.6 -17.9 301 47 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.65 13 400 7561 -20.0 -40.0 15 20.0 -23.1 300 47 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.29 14 350 8536 -27.2 -43.5 20 16.3 -29.2 300 50 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.23 15 300 9627 -35.5 -50.8 19 15.4 -36.6 301 47 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 16 250 10872 -43.7 -61.5 12 17.8 -44.3 286 23 341.1 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12339 -52.5 -67.3 15 14.8 -52.8 257 18 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14163 -60.6 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 282 20 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16667 -62.6 -88.6 2 26.0 -62.8 242 8 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.68 m Freezing level: 571.69 mb = 4822.69 m = 15822.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.64 mb = 4229.68 m = 13876.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.93 % Est. max temperature: 36.17 C = 97.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.36 mb = 1467.01 m = 4812.97 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.11 C/km ThetaE index: 20.26 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.27 mb = 4023.41 m = 13200.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.34 F Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.93 C Showalter Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 944.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 479.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.13 mb = 3122.07 m = 10242.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.13 mb = 4739.20 m = 15548.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.13 mb = 11502.85 m = 37738.55 ft B at Equ Level: 933.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.13 mb = 14282.13 m = 46856.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 6.0 tot: 13.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.4 neg: -52.2 tot: 257.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 4.53 Bulk Shear: 208.35 m/s