MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 46.11,-103.46 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 518 SFC 907 917 19.9 16.7 82 3.2 17.8 134 12 301.3 303.8 294.4 340.5 13.32 3 900 988 20.0 16.6 81 3.4 17.7 137 18 302.1 304.5 294.7 341.4 13.30 4 850 1484 21.7 14.3 63 7.4 16.7 165 37 308.9 311.2 295.7 345.8 12.16 5 800 2008 18.6 12.0 65 6.6 14.2 163 30 311.0 313.1 295.5 344.9 11.06 6 750 2559 14.7 8.1 65 6.6 10.6 159 27 312.5 314.3 294.5 340.7 9.10 7 700 3139 11.4 -2.9 37 14.3 4.0 158 21 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.1 4.40 8 650 3753 7.1 -10.9 26 18.0 -0.7 174 13 317.0 317.5 290.4 325.4 2.55 9 600 4405 2.5 -10.0 39 12.5 -3.0 232 15 319.0 319.6 291.4 328.8 2.97 10 550 5101 -3.4 -12.3 50 8.9 -7.0 250 21 320.0 320.6 291.5 329.0 2.71 11 500 5846 -9.9 -14.1 71 4.2 -11.5 260 29 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.5 2.56 12 450 6648 -15.9 -22.0 59 6.1 -17.6 263 26 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.3 1.46 13 400 7525 -21.3 -33.3 33 12.0 -23.5 249 20 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.4 0.58 14 350 8495 -28.6 -36.9 45 8.2 -29.8 237 15 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.46 15 300 9579 -37.8 -48.6 31 10.9 -38.5 226 10 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 16 250 10807 -48.4 -52.6 61 4.3 -48.6 305 13 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12241 -56.3 -64.7 34 8.4 -56.4 212 9 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.03 18 150 14072 -55.3 -79.2 4 23.9 -55.6 239 35 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.01 19 100 16638 -59.3 -86.6 2 27.3 -59.6 223 18 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.73 m Freezing level: 578.92 mb = 4698.23 m = 15413.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.82 mb = 3653.88 m = 11987.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.47 mb = 1327.78 m = 4356.18 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.32 mb = 3099.19 m = 10167.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.14 C = 91.66 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 31.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1519.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.59 mb = 2185.25 m = 7169.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.59 mb = 4289.24 m = 14072.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.59 mb = 12285.72 m = 40307.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1509.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.59 mb = 15046.65 m = 49365.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.2 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 235.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.9 neg: -111.0 tot: 98.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 23.69 Bulk Shear: 64.14 m/s