MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 46.16,-103.35 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 539 SFC 912 906 27.6 13.4 42 14.1 18.1 316 3 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.2 10.67 3 900 1018 26.0 12.4 43 13.6 17.0 312 3 308.3 310.2 294.0 338.9 10.07 4 850 1517 21.0 11.3 54 9.8 14.7 304 4 308.2 310.0 293.9 338.3 9.92 5 800 2038 16.0 10.3 69 5.7 12.4 298 4 308.2 310.0 293.9 338.2 9.88 6 750 2582 10.7 9.3 91 1.4 9.8 293 5 308.2 310.1 293.9 338.1 9.85 7 700 3153 6.0 3.2 82 2.8 4.4 300 15 309.1 310.4 291.8 330.3 6.89 8 650 3756 2.6 -5.1 57 7.7 -1.0 297 21 311.9 312.6 290.2 324.6 4.03 9 600 4399 -0.8 -12.7 40 11.9 -5.5 293 23 315.1 315.6 289.7 323.0 2.40 10 550 5088 -5.1 -17.5 37 12.5 -9.4 293 17 318.1 318.4 290.0 324.0 1.75 11 500 5830 -9.3 -24.1 29 14.8 -13.5 298 14 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.5 1.09 12 450 6636 -14.8 -26.7 36 11.9 -17.8 292 14 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.0 0.96 13 400 7515 -21.4 -26.4 64 5.1 -22.5 267 9 327.2 327.5 292.0 331.2 1.11 14 350 8484 -29.1 -36.2 50 7.1 -30.1 196 6 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.4 0.49 15 300 9568 -37.0 -46.8 35 9.8 -37.8 159 14 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 16 250 10801 -47.2 -54.5 43 7.3 -47.5 154 19 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.09 17 200 12248 -52.3 -69.1 12 16.8 -52.6 207 9 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14108 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 294 19 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16680 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 321 10 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.46 m Freezing level: 612.39 mb = 4239.52 m = 13909.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.50 mb = 3637.81 m = 11934.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.17 mb = 2680.00 m = 8792.53 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.40 mb = 2767.17 m = 9078.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 38.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 658.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.18 mb = 2735.82 m = 8975.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.18 mb = 2906.12 m = 9534.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.18 mb = 11034.10 m = 36200.69 ft B at Equ Level: 655.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.18 mb = 13253.91 m = 43483.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -0.5 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 52.19 Bulk Shear: 12.61 m/s