MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 164 1 950 607 SFC 917 909 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 111 12 297.3 299.5 292.7 333.7 12.60 3 900 1069 15.6 15.4 99 0.1 15.5 114 21 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.3 12.34 4 850 1554 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.3 146 19 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.6 11.94 5 800 2068 13.5 13.0 97 0.4 13.2 154 11 305.5 307.7 294.6 341.1 11.88 6 750 2609 10.9 7.2 77 3.8 8.6 101 16 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.4 8.50 7 700 3184 9.6 -0.8 48 10.4 4.1 64 11 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.17 8 650 3794 5.4 -7.2 40 12.6 -0.4 18 12 315.1 315.8 290.6 326.2 3.43 9 600 4442 1.0 -17.8 23 18.8 -5.7 351 16 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.5 1.57 10 550 5134 -4.3 -21.7 24 17.4 -9.7 345 14 319.0 319.2 289.8 323.2 1.23 11 500 5877 -10.0 -22.6 35 12.7 -13.6 358 12 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.2 1.24 12 450 6679 -15.8 -23.4 52 7.6 -17.9 28 12 323.4 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.29 13 400 7557 -21.3 -24.7 74 3.4 -22.1 33 12 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.8 1.29 14 350 8530 -27.2 -30.1 76 2.9 -27.8 82 5 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.4 0.90 15 300 9622 -35.7 -38.8 73 3.1 -36.1 122 12 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 16 250 10860 -47.1 -50.6 68 3.4 -47.3 143 21 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12299 -55.0 -62.3 40 7.2 -55.2 173 3 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 14144 -54.1 -80.2 3 26.1 -54.5 306 23 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16705 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 320 24 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.24 m Freezing level: 590.81 mb = 4569.32 m = 14991.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.33 mb = 3739.58 m = 12268.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.50 mb = 1007.73 m = 3306.15 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 18.57 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.70 mb = 2112.93 m = 6932.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.24 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 28.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.10 mb = 1454.10 m = 4770.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 555.10 mb = 5060.47 m = 16602.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.10 mb = 8424.80 m = 27640.09 ft B at Equ Level: 184.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.10 mb = 11829.35 m = 38809.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.4 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 74.4 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -53.9 tot: 13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.19 Bulk Shear: 58.24 m/s