MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 77 1 950 525 SFC 910 906 22.2 16.9 72 5.3 18.6 130 14 303.5 306.0 295.1 343.5 13.48 3 900 998 22.2 16.7 71 5.5 18.4 132 22 304.4 306.9 295.3 344.2 13.37 4 850 1494 20.3 14.7 70 5.6 16.5 150 38 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.1 12.47 5 800 2016 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.0 158 32 309.3 311.4 295.3 344.2 11.49 6 750 2564 13.9 10.2 79 3.7 11.5 167 24 311.6 313.6 295.3 343.8 10.48 7 700 3143 10.1 3.9 65 6.2 6.5 156 9 313.6 315.0 293.4 336.3 7.25 8 650 3755 6.6 -13.8 22 20.3 -1.7 234 4 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.1 2.02 9 600 4405 1.8 -12.1 35 14.0 -3.9 269 12 318.3 318.7 290.7 326.6 2.51 10 550 5099 -3.8 -13.2 48 9.4 -7.5 279 23 319.6 320.0 291.1 327.9 2.52 11 500 5843 -9.8 -17.0 56 7.2 -12.3 280 27 321.1 321.5 291.1 327.9 2.01 12 450 6646 -15.7 -24.9 45 9.2 -18.0 289 24 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.5 1.13 13 400 7524 -21.3 -31.6 39 10.3 -23.3 287 20 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.68 14 350 8494 -29.0 -37.9 42 8.9 -30.2 291 24 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.42 15 300 9576 -38.3 -44.8 50 6.5 -38.8 289 27 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.24 16 250 10800 -49.1 -55.6 46 6.5 -49.3 286 34 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.5 0.08 17 200 12232 -56.2 -64.0 37 7.8 -56.3 261 25 343.7 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14071 -53.4 -80.1 2 26.7 -53.8 229 19 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16656 -57.3 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 190 11 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.40 m Freezing level: 583.70 mb = 4630.94 m = 15193.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.31 mb = 3624.65 m = 11891.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.77 mb = 1577.80 m = 5176.45 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 22.01 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.01 mb = 2756.09 m = 9042.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 38.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1661.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.65 mb = 2093.98 m = 6869.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.65 mb = 4038.81 m = 13250.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.65 mb = 12307.94 m = 40379.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1649.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.65 mb = 15100.01 m = 49540.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.6 neg: -97.4 tot: 118.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 12.40 Bulk Shear: 134.05 m/s