MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.38,-104.61 Latitude: 45.38 Longitude: -104.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 507 2 900 990 SFC 892 1070 29.4 12.4 35 17.0 18.1 129 17 312.6 314.6 295.3 344.2 10.22 4 850 1495 24.5 10.8 42 13.7 15.6 130 23 311.9 313.7 294.7 341.5 9.62 5 800 2021 19.4 9.8 54 9.6 13.2 131 24 311.8 313.6 294.6 341.1 9.53 6 750 2572 15.2 7.2 59 7.9 10.3 141 20 313.0 314.7 294.2 339.6 8.55 7 700 3154 11.2 4.4 63 6.8 7.2 194 16 314.9 316.3 293.9 338.5 7.52 8 650 3767 6.8 -4.3 45 11.1 1.3 223 15 316.6 317.4 291.8 330.3 4.27 9 600 4418 1.2 -9.5 45 10.7 -3.5 241 14 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.6 3.10 10 550 5110 -4.6 -17.4 36 12.8 -9.0 282 15 318.6 319.0 290.2 324.6 1.78 11 500 5851 -10.7 -21.4 41 10.7 -13.9 292 24 320.0 320.2 290.2 324.7 1.38 12 450 6651 -16.3 -32.7 23 16.4 -19.6 275 29 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.7 0.54 13 400 7528 -21.5 -44.2 11 22.7 -24.5 276 29 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 14 350 8496 -29.4 -37.0 47 7.7 -30.4 279 35 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.45 15 300 9577 -38.0 -44.5 50 6.5 -38.5 279 40 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.24 16 250 10805 -48.1 -54.7 46 6.7 -48.3 283 48 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12249 -53.9 -66.7 19 12.8 -54.2 271 45 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14084 -55.0 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 256 25 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16653 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 189 10 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.99 m Freezing level: 589.78 mb = 4559.50 m = 14958.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.83 mb = 3933.83 m = 12906.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.40 mb = 3196.36 m = 10486.63 ft T: 10.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 19.55 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.12 mb = 3727.73 m = 12229.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.68 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 39.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1205.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.45 mb = 3219.54 m = 10562.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.45 mb = 4290.99 m = 14077.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.45 mb = 11648.50 m = 38216.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1198.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.45 mb = 14107.09 m = 46282.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 8.97 Bulk Shear: 134.39 m/s