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: 46.20,-102.69 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -102.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 531 SFC 919 824 30.0 13.7 37 16.2 19.0 121 9 310.5 312.5 295.1 343.5 10.80 3 900 1013 27.6 12.6 40 14.9 17.7 123 10 309.9 311.8 294.6 341.2 10.25 4 850 1514 22.6 11.7 50 10.8 15.4 127 9 309.8 311.7 294.6 341.0 10.22 5 800 2037 17.5 10.8 65 6.7 13.1 130 9 309.8 311.7 294.6 341.0 10.22 6 750 2584 12.1 9.6 84 2.6 10.5 140 8 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.5 10.05 7 700 3158 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.3 263 2 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.8 7.15 8 650 3765 4.5 -6.0 46 10.5 -0.5 301 18 314.0 314.7 290.6 326.0 3.75 9 600 4410 -0.6 -9.8 50 9.3 -4.5 294 22 315.4 316.0 290.3 325.2 3.02 10 550 5099 -5.3 -16.4 41 11.1 -9.2 293 24 317.9 318.2 290.0 324.3 1.93 11 500 5840 -10.6 -25.8 28 15.2 -14.6 284 22 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.4 0.94 12 450 6641 -16.5 -33.2 22 16.7 -19.8 281 18 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.4 0.51 13 400 7513 -23.2 -38.8 23 15.5 -25.5 288 17 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.33 14 350 8477 -29.7 -50.3 12 20.6 -31.5 292 30 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.11 15 300 9557 -38.4 -52.4 22 14.0 -39.2 295 39 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 16 250 10782 -48.3 -57.4 34 9.2 -48.6 292 42 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 17 200 12231 -52.1 -69.8 10 17.7 -52.5 274 38 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14086 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 240 22 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16658 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 195 5 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.32 m Freezing level: 605.80 mb = 4335.59 m = 14224.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.14 mb = 3712.95 m = 12181.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.86 mb = 2856.57 m = 9371.83 ft T: 9.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 20.15 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2927.15 m = 9603.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 41.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1303.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.21 mb = 2875.47 m = 9433.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.21 mb = 3049.57 m = 10005.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.21 mb = 11635.33 m = 38173.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1279.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.21 mb = 14119.34 m = 46322.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.3 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 314.3 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -4.0 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 16.78 Bulk Shear: 77.68 m/s