MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.38,-103.09 Latitude: 46.38 Longitude: -103.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 497 SFC 910 868 19.8 18.9 95 0.8 19.2 171 6 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.8 15.30 3 900 966 18.9 18.6 98 0.3 18.7 171 10 301.0 303.7 295.6 345.4 15.14 4 850 1457 16.7 16.5 99 0.1 16.6 180 29 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.3 14.05 5 800 1975 17.2 14.5 84 2.7 15.4 239 28 309.5 311.9 296.5 349.3 13.10 6 750 2525 14.8 11.7 81 3.1 12.7 272 20 312.7 314.9 296.3 348.4 11.58 7 700 3109 14.0 2.2 45 11.8 7.2 238 20 318.0 319.3 294.0 338.5 6.43 8 650 3730 9.8 -4.1 37 13.9 2.7 205 26 320.0 320.9 292.8 334.1 4.33 9 600 4387 3.9 -10.0 35 13.9 -2.3 203 33 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.5 2.98 10 550 5085 -2.4 -16.5 33 14.1 -7.6 219 37 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.91 11 500 5832 -9.4 -15.0 64 5.6 -11.5 227 41 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.5 2.38 12 450 6634 -16.8 -21.9 65 5.1 -18.3 229 41 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.1 1.47 13 400 7507 -21.7 -43.3 12 21.6 -24.5 228 33 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.21 14 350 8476 -29.0 -37.2 45 8.2 -30.1 218 33 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.45 15 300 9558 -38.3 -44.9 50 6.6 -38.8 213 33 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.23 16 250 10785 -47.0 -54.8 41 7.8 -47.3 154 21 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.09 17 200 12231 -55.5 -60.7 52 5.2 -55.6 184 9 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14066 -53.8 -80.4 2 26.6 -54.2 242 40 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16642 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 216 13 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.37 m Freezing level: 568.95 mb = 4820.42 m = 15814.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.01 mb = 4077.68 m = 13378.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.57 mb = 970.39 m = 3183.66 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 21.61 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1407.96 m = 4619.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.13 C = 71.84 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.53 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1720.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 269.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.34 mb = 1443.61 m = 4736.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.34 mb = 4571.51 m = 14998.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.34 mb = 12348.87 m = 40514.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1706.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.34 mb = 15156.57 m = 49725.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 255.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.59 Bulk Rich Number: 26.49 Bulk Shear: 64.93 m/s