MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 89 1 950 530 SFC 908 917 18.4 17.9 97 0.5 18.1 127 7 299.6 302.2 294.7 341.5 14.34 3 900 997 18.1 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 133 12 300.1 302.8 294.8 342.2 14.35 4 850 1489 20.5 10.8 54 9.7 14.3 178 26 307.6 309.4 293.5 336.7 9.60 5 800 2011 17.9 11.4 66 6.5 13.6 170 29 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.7 10.62 6 750 2561 14.1 8.1 67 6.1 10.3 171 28 311.9 313.6 294.3 339.9 9.05 7 700 3139 9.8 5.7 75 4.1 7.3 182 26 313.4 315.0 294.1 339.0 8.24 8 650 3751 6.0 -1.4 59 7.3 2.1 196 20 315.7 316.7 292.4 332.6 5.32 9 600 4401 1.2 -11.9 37 13.1 -4.2 203 17 317.5 318.0 290.6 325.9 2.56 10 550 5093 -4.5 -9.5 68 5.0 -6.6 216 19 318.7 319.4 291.7 329.8 3.39 11 500 5837 -10.1 -15.6 64 5.4 -12.1 238 27 320.7 321.2 291.2 328.3 2.28 12 450 6637 -16.5 -25.6 45 9.1 -18.7 249 32 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.2 1.05 13 400 7513 -21.7 -31.2 42 9.5 -23.5 246 24 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.4 0.71 14 350 8482 -29.0 -41.2 30 12.2 -30.4 220 20 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.30 15 300 9565 -37.3 -52.2 20 14.9 -38.2 187 18 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.10 16 250 10798 -47.4 -54.4 44 7.0 -47.7 309 1 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 17 200 12234 -56.8 -64.1 39 7.3 -56.9 217 16 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14067 -55.2 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.6 245 47 374.9 374.9 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16638 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 213 10 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.05 m Freezing level: 589.42 mb = 4547.19 m = 14918.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.49 mb = 3959.80 m = 12991.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.31 mb = 974.81 m = 3198.15 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 16.75 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.93 mb = 3056.38 m = 10027.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 836.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.25 mb = 2169.90 m = 7119.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.25 mb = 4531.06 m = 14865.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.25 mb = 11613.66 m = 38102.09 ft B at Equ Level: 830.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.25 mb = 14057.00 m = 46118.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.4 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 233.4 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.9 neg: -11.7 tot: 150.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 41.07 m/s