MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.06,-105.58 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -105.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 497 SFC 910 881 27.7 12.3 39 15.4 17.5 119 15 309.1 310.9 294.1 339.3 9.93 3 900 979 27.9 11.8 37 16.1 17.3 122 24 310.3 312.1 294.3 340.1 9.72 4 850 1482 23.8 10.8 44 13.1 15.3 131 36 311.1 312.9 294.4 340.5 9.58 5 800 2008 19.4 9.4 52 10.0 13.0 137 35 311.8 313.6 294.4 340.5 9.32 6 750 2560 16.2 8.7 61 7.5 11.4 159 23 314.2 316.0 295.2 343.6 9.46 7 700 3143 11.7 6.2 69 5.5 8.3 185 21 315.5 317.1 294.8 342.2 8.54 8 650 3758 7.4 -3.0 47 10.4 2.0 209 17 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.5 4.71 9 600 4410 2.0 -12.7 33 14.7 -4.0 234 8 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.4 2.40 10 550 5105 -3.7 -10.0 62 6.3 -6.4 238 19 319.7 320.3 291.8 330.4 3.25 11 500 5849 -10.1 -19.1 48 8.9 -13.0 246 25 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.70 12 450 6649 -16.6 -28.5 35 11.9 -19.3 256 23 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.3 0.81 13 400 7523 -22.2 -32.6 38 10.4 -24.1 262 27 326.1 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.62 14 350 8491 -28.9 -33.9 62 4.9 -29.7 268 31 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.0 0.62 15 300 9574 -38.0 -42.4 63 4.4 -38.4 275 31 331.9 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 16 250 10800 -49.1 -55.3 48 6.2 -49.4 272 35 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12231 -55.9 -65.8 28 9.9 -56.1 268 38 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 14066 -54.7 -80.6 3 25.9 -55.0 236 19 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16642 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 182 16 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.98 m Freezing level: 582.58 mb = 4652.01 m = 15262.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3969.69 m = 13023.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.65 mb = 2827.01 m = 9274.84 ft T: 14.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 17.23 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.58 mb = 3851.61 m = 12636.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.90 C = 96.62 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.98 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 39.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.36 mb = 3102.12 m = 10177.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.36 mb = 4703.29 m = 15430.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.36 mb = 11968.34 m = 39265.75 ft B at Equ Level: 996.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.36 mb = 14135.83 m = 46376.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 219.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 9.81 Bulk Shear: 103.51 m/s