MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.06,-103.59 Latitude: 45.06 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 1 950 593 SFC 913 943 20.2 18.5 90 1.8 19.0 106 12 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.8 14.83 3 900 1062 18.6 18.1 96 0.6 18.2 109 16 300.7 303.4 295.2 343.7 14.64 4 850 1552 16.5 16.3 99 0.1 16.4 142 29 303.4 306.0 295.4 344.6 13.88 5 800 2069 15.5 13.9 90 1.6 14.4 200 15 307.6 310.0 295.7 345.6 12.58 6 750 2614 11.5 8.1 79 3.5 9.4 267 14 309.1 310.8 293.5 336.7 9.05 7 700 3189 9.2 0.8 56 8.4 4.6 285 21 312.7 313.8 292.0 330.9 5.81 8 650 3798 4.7 -3.5 55 8.2 0.6 297 29 314.3 315.2 291.3 328.7 4.54 9 600 4446 0.7 -10.9 42 11.6 -4.2 293 40 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.0 2.78 10 550 5137 -4.7 -15.0 44 10.3 -8.5 283 41 318.5 318.9 290.5 325.7 2.17 11 500 5879 -10.1 -19.4 47 9.3 -13.0 276 35 320.7 321.1 290.7 326.4 1.65 12 450 6682 -15.4 -26.3 39 10.9 -18.1 268 27 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.3 0.99 13 400 7560 -21.3 -32.9 34 11.6 -23.5 240 13 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.60 14 350 8529 -29.1 -41.3 30 12.2 -30.5 147 10 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.29 15 300 9615 -36.9 -40.5 69 3.6 -37.2 105 17 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.37 16 250 10846 -47.9 -52.3 60 4.4 -48.1 93 17 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.12 17 200 12292 -51.2 -69.0 10 17.8 -51.6 227 16 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14150 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 296 27 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16710 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 313 25 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.57 m Freezing level: 593.66 mb = 4533.45 m = 14873.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.66 mb = 3877.52 m = 12721.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.33 mb = 1164.22 m = 3819.56 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.90 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1678.42 m = 5506.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 26.43 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1509.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.24 mb = 1509.27 m = 4951.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.24 mb = 2622.75 m = 8604.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.24 mb = 2963.16 m = 9721.52 ft B at Equ Level: 25.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.24 mb = 14619.78 m = 47964.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.1 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 305.1 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 384.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.38 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 283.73 m/s