MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 46.34,-100.89 Latitude: 46.34 Longitude: -100.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 955 568 17.2 15.8 92 1.3 16.3 130 7 294.2 296.3 291.2 328.2 11.92 2 950 612 16.5 15.5 94 1.0 15.9 136 7 294.0 296.1 291.0 327.5 11.75 3 900 1072 15.0 14.2 95 0.7 14.5 179 21 296.9 299.0 291.7 329.9 11.40 4 850 1555 13.6 13.0 97 0.5 13.3 191 20 300.4 302.4 292.6 333.2 11.18 5 800 2065 11.2 10.2 94 0.9 10.6 177 14 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.4 9.84 6 750 2603 9.2 7.3 87 2.0 8.0 190 11 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.5 8.56 7 700 3172 5.7 3.5 86 2.2 4.5 192 6 308.8 310.2 291.9 330.5 7.05 8 650 3775 1.9 0.2 88 1.7 1.0 164 6 311.2 312.3 291.6 329.8 6.00 9 600 4417 -1.7 -3.3 89 1.6 -2.5 162 8 314.2 315.1 291.7 330.0 4.99 10 550 5105 -5.2 -7.8 82 2.6 -6.3 157 11 317.9 318.7 291.9 330.5 3.88 11 500 5848 -9.6 -14.5 68 4.8 -11.4 152 14 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.6 2.49 12 450 6654 -14.5 -23.6 46 9.1 -17.0 143 13 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.4 1.27 13 400 7536 -20.0 -25.8 60 5.7 -21.4 141 8 328.9 329.2 292.6 333.1 1.17 14 350 8510 -27.7 -33.8 56 6.2 -28.7 169 7 331.4 331.6 292.7 333.8 0.62 15 300 9601 -35.5 -47.7 27 12.2 -36.5 24 16 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.17 16 250 10842 -46.3 -52.8 48 6.5 -46.7 8 11 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.11 17 200 12284 -56.2 -64.5 35 8.3 -56.3 353 18 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14120 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 290 17 373.9 373.9 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16676 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 321 25 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.98 m Freezing level: 623.26 mb = 4118.24 m = 13511.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.55 mb = 3955.21 m = 12976.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.39 mb = 734.84 m = 2410.86 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.69 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1609.58 m = 5280.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.58 C = 74.44 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6375.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.30 mb = 1135.08 m = 3723.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.6 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 199.6 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -15.1 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 86.93 Bulk Shear: 0.28 m/s