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: 46.16,-103.38 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 612 SFC 918 909 18.8 17.4 91 1.5 17.8 126 13 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.3 13.73 3 900 1078 17.1 16.6 97 0.4 16.8 128 19 299.1 301.5 293.9 338.0 13.35 4 850 1565 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 151 27 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.1 12.36 5 800 2077 12.5 11.6 94 1.0 11.9 172 16 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.7 10.77 6 750 2617 9.9 7.4 85 2.5 8.4 167 15 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.6 8.67 7 700 3188 6.9 2.7 75 4.2 4.5 143 14 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.6 6.64 8 650 3794 3.1 -0.7 76 3.9 1.1 109 14 312.5 313.6 291.7 330.0 5.58 9 600 4438 -0.6 -6.4 64 5.9 -3.3 56 16 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.1 3.94 10 550 5126 -6.0 -9.3 77 3.3 -7.4 52 16 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.1 3.43 11 500 5867 -10.4 -12.5 84 2.2 -11.2 60 15 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.0 2.92 12 450 6671 -14.9 -16.9 84 2.1 -15.6 73 11 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.3 2.26 13 400 7553 -20.3 -22.6 82 2.3 -21.0 111 7 328.5 328.9 292.8 334.0 1.55 14 350 8528 -27.4 -30.0 78 2.7 -27.9 171 10 331.9 332.0 293.1 335.1 0.90 15 300 9618 -36.5 -39.5 74 3.0 -36.8 206 11 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41 16 250 10850 -47.5 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.7 132 8 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12290 -54.1 -61.4 40 7.3 -54.3 245 9 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14139 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 289 24 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16704 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 312 25 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.27 m Freezing level: 607.49 mb = 4341.46 m = 14243.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.11 mb = 3954.84 m = 12975.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.54 mb = 1091.82 m = 3582.04 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.98 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1521.82 m = 4992.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.96 C = 69.73 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.94 C K Index: 35.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 497.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.86 mb = 1456.66 m = 4779.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.86 mb = 2888.02 m = 9475.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.86 mb = 11225.86 m = 36829.80 ft B at Equ Level: 488.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.86 mb = 13116.69 m = 43033.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 137.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -12.8 tot: 53.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 45.30 Bulk Shear: 10.98 m/s