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: 46.25,-103.51 Latitude: 46.25 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 65 1 950 523 SFC 909 919 29.7 11.8 33 17.8 17.9 121 9 311.2 313.0 294.5 340.8 9.64 3 900 1006 28.6 10.3 32 18.3 16.8 123 10 311.0 312.6 293.8 338.0 8.77 4 850 1509 23.5 9.3 40 14.2 14.5 125 11 310.8 312.5 293.7 337.6 8.69 5 800 2033 18.4 8.2 51 10.2 12.1 126 11 310.8 312.4 293.6 337.2 8.59 6 750 2582 13.1 7.3 68 5.8 9.6 128 10 310.8 312.5 293.6 337.3 8.60 7 700 3157 8.0 4.0 76 4.0 5.7 137 7 311.3 312.7 292.7 333.9 7.30 8 650 3765 4.8 -3.4 55 8.2 0.7 283 15 314.4 315.3 291.4 328.9 4.57 9 600 4412 -0.1 -9.4 50 9.3 -4.1 282 19 316.0 316.6 290.6 326.1 3.13 10 550 5101 -5.4 -16.8 40 11.5 -9.4 287 22 317.7 318.0 289.9 323.9 1.86 11 500 5840 -11.1 -24.9 31 13.8 -14.8 283 23 319.5 319.7 289.6 323.0 1.01 12 450 6640 -16.5 -34.2 20 17.7 -19.8 280 20 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.2 0.47 13 400 7514 -22.5 -40.6 18 18.1 -25.0 280 20 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.28 14 350 8481 -29.3 -45.2 20 15.9 -30.9 286 31 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.19 15 300 9561 -38.4 -47.5 38 9.2 -39.1 288 37 331.3 331.3 292.2 332.0 0.17 16 250 10787 -48.4 -55.1 45 6.8 -48.6 288 44 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.09 17 200 12232 -52.7 -68.6 13 15.8 -53.1 271 37 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14080 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 242 22 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16655 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 193 7 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.04 m Freezing level: 601.39 mb = 4393.60 m = 14414.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.09 mb = 3851.36 m = 12635.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.82 mb = 3146.87 m = 10324.27 ft T: 8.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 14.31 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.23 mb = 3574.82 m = 11728.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 40.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 732.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.09 mb = 3285.62 m = 10779.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.09 mb = 4224.07 m = 13858.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.09 mb = 11212.53 m = 36786.07 ft B at Equ Level: 721.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.09 mb = 13123.35 m = 43055.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.46 Bulk Shear: 86.64 m/s