MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 64 1 950 522 SFC 910 906 28.1 13.7 41 14.3 18.4 132 8 309.5 311.5 295.0 342.7 10.93 3 900 1003 27.7 12.1 38 15.7 17.4 134 11 310.1 311.9 294.4 340.3 9.88 4 850 1505 22.9 10.9 47 12.0 15.1 134 12 310.1 312.0 294.3 339.8 9.70 5 800 2029 17.8 10.0 60 7.8 12.8 135 11 310.1 312.0 294.3 339.7 9.67 6 750 2576 12.6 8.6 77 4.0 10.1 137 11 310.2 312.0 294.1 339.0 9.39 7 700 3152 9.2 3.6 68 5.6 6.0 235 7 312.6 314.0 293.0 334.7 7.10 8 650 3761 4.3 -1.5 66 5.8 1.3 262 12 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.5 5.27 9 600 4407 -0.2 -18.6 23 18.4 -6.5 274 16 315.9 316.2 289.0 320.9 1.47 10 550 5097 -4.6 -26.7 16 22.1 -10.6 279 25 318.6 318.7 289.2 321.3 0.78 11 500 5838 -10.6 -24.8 30 14.2 -14.5 276 29 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.6 1.02 12 450 6639 -16.5 -21.1 68 4.5 -17.9 279 35 322.4 322.8 291.1 327.9 1.58 13 400 7512 -22.6 -26.1 73 3.5 -23.4 277 32 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.5 1.13 14 350 8478 -29.5 -43.3 25 13.7 -31.0 278 35 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.8 0.24 15 300 9558 -37.9 -42.7 61 4.7 -38.4 281 39 331.9 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 16 250 10786 -48.3 -53.7 54 5.4 -48.6 279 40 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.10 17 200 12231 -53.1 -66.2 19 13.0 -53.4 269 35 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14086 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 225 15 380.9 380.9 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16656 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 211 6 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.46 m Freezing level: 601.70 mb = 4384.95 m = 14386.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.60 mb = 3866.11 m = 12683.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.30 mb = 2707.61 m = 8883.12 ft T: 11.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 21.86 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3309.47 m = 10857.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1040.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.45 mb = 2981.51 m = 9781.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.45 mb = 3642.53 m = 11950.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.45 mb = 11341.21 m = 37208.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1037.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.45 mb = 13692.16 m = 44921.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 11.21 Bulk Shear: 92.79 m/s