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: 45.75,-103.51 Latitude: 45.75 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 523 SFC 909 920 29.8 12.2 34 17.6 18.1 126 12 311.4 313.2 294.7 341.6 9.85 3 900 1005 28.6 11.1 34 17.4 17.2 127 14 311.0 312.7 294.2 339.5 9.28 4 850 1508 23.6 10.0 42 13.6 14.8 129 15 310.8 312.6 294.0 338.8 9.08 5 800 2033 18.5 9.0 54 9.4 12.5 130 15 310.8 312.6 294.0 338.7 9.06 6 750 2581 13.2 7.9 70 5.3 9.9 131 14 310.9 312.6 293.9 338.3 8.94 7 700 3157 9.5 1.3 57 8.1 5.0 213 3 313.0 314.1 292.2 331.9 6.03 8 650 3768 5.7 -5.1 46 10.8 0.5 274 16 315.5 316.2 291.3 328.4 4.03 9 600 4416 0.4 -9.2 49 9.5 -3.8 274 19 316.5 317.1 290.8 326.9 3.18 10 550 5107 -5.1 -14.4 48 9.3 -8.6 281 20 318.0 318.4 290.4 325.5 2.28 11 500 5847 -11.2 -21.7 42 10.5 -14.2 281 23 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.35 12 450 6646 -16.5 -34.7 19 18.2 -19.9 278 26 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.45 13 400 7520 -22.3 -39.2 20 16.9 -24.8 282 26 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.32 14 350 8488 -29.2 -43.7 23 14.5 -30.7 286 34 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.23 15 300 9569 -38.2 -45.4 47 7.2 -38.8 286 40 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 16 250 10796 -48.2 -55.5 43 7.3 -48.5 287 47 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 17 200 12241 -53.2 -67.5 16 14.2 -53.5 273 39 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14085 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.9 249 22 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16658 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 203 8 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.59 m Freezing level: 596.73 mb = 4461.49 m = 14637.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.29 mb = 3839.46 m = 12596.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.78 mb = 3124.11 m = 10249.57 ft T: 9.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 17.56 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.42 mb = 3674.42 m = 12055.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.20 mb = 3202.09 m = 10505.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.20 mb = 4266.49 m = 13997.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.20 mb = 11302.16 m = 37080.12 ft B at Equ Level: 869.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.20 mb = 13623.23 m = 44695.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.8 neg: -6.3 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 110.44 m/s