MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 109 1 950 551 SFC 912 904 15.9 15.5 97 0.5 15.7 176 5 296.8 299.0 292.3 332.1 12.22 3 900 1019 20.0 15.8 77 4.2 17.2 204 15 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.5 12.65 4 850 1515 20.5 10.9 54 9.6 14.4 237 4 307.6 309.5 293.6 337.0 9.70 5 800 2035 16.0 8.1 60 7.8 11.2 319 5 308.2 309.8 292.8 334.1 8.52 6 750 2579 11.4 2.1 53 9.3 6.3 319 11 309.0 310.1 291.0 327.4 5.96 7 700 3150 6.6 -4.4 45 11.1 1.3 315 11 309.8 310.6 289.4 322.2 3.93 8 650 3753 2.5 -10.7 37 13.2 -2.9 300 11 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.2 2.60 9 600 4395 -1.3 -19.5 24 18.2 -7.3 288 18 314.6 314.9 288.5 319.2 1.36 10 550 5083 -5.5 -24.9 20 19.3 -10.9 283 21 317.5 317.7 289.0 320.7 0.93 11 500 5822 -10.6 -34.0 13 23.3 -15.5 283 21 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.7 0.43 12 450 6623 -16.3 -38.9 12 22.6 -20.0 280 21 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.9 0.29 13 400 7497 -22.9 -44.4 12 21.5 -25.5 276 19 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 14 350 8460 -30.5 -45.9 21 15.4 -32.0 287 18 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.4 0.18 15 300 9535 -39.5 -51.5 27 12.0 -40.2 296 17 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.11 16 250 10755 -48.8 -59.0 30 10.2 -49.1 242 19 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.05 17 200 12207 -51.4 -69.7 10 18.2 -51.8 270 25 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14078 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 279 18 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16645 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 269 5 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.23 m Freezing level: 617.17 mb = 4174.63 m = 13696.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.59 mb = 3330.88 m = 10927.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.93 mb = 962.19 m = 3156.77 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 20.29 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.86 mb = 2747.57 m = 9014.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 31.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 839.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.19 mb = 2300.38 m = 7547.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.19 mb = 3147.50 m = 10326.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.19 mb = 11015.56 m = 36139.86 ft B at Equ Level: 837.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.19 mb = 13256.39 m = 43491.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -19.3 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 24.50 Bulk Shear: 34.25 m/s