MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 72 1 950 523 SFC 909 917 28.8 17.6 51 11.2 20.9 191 6 310.3 313.0 297.3 353.3 14.07 3 900 1003 26.4 16.8 55 9.6 19.7 190 6 308.8 311.3 296.5 349.7 13.50 4 850 1504 21.3 15.9 71 5.4 17.6 192 8 308.5 311.0 296.5 349.3 13.49 5 800 2026 16.2 14.7 91 1.5 15.1 194 8 308.4 310.9 296.3 348.5 13.24 6 750 2572 12.3 10.0 86 2.2 10.9 238 16 309.9 311.8 294.7 341.5 10.36 7 700 3150 11.4 -3.3 36 14.7 3.9 256 25 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.7 4.28 8 650 3763 6.1 -7.2 38 13.3 -0.1 248 26 315.8 316.5 290.8 326.9 3.42 9 600 4411 0.5 -13.2 35 13.7 -4.9 249 33 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.3 2.31 10 550 5101 -4.8 -22.6 23 17.8 -10.2 247 35 318.4 318.6 289.5 322.3 1.13 11 500 5844 -9.8 -35.4 10 25.6 -15.0 245 36 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.5 0.38 12 450 6646 -15.8 -28.6 32 12.8 -18.8 245 40 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.2 0.80 13 400 7521 -22.3 -31.8 42 9.5 -24.1 244 38 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.67 14 350 8489 -29.0 -36.2 50 7.2 -30.0 244 36 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.5 0.50 15 300 9572 -37.5 -51.4 22 13.9 -38.5 249 34 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 16 250 10803 -47.2 -57.3 30 10.2 -47.6 248 29 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.07 17 200 12246 -56.4 -65.2 32 8.8 -56.5 247 29 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14079 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 238 15 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16649 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 224 11 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.76 m Freezing level: 595.48 mb = 4473.19 m = 14675.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.23 mb = 3746.97 m = 12293.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.31 mb = 2323.94 m = 7624.37 ft T: 14.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 30.97 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.71 mb = 2254.07 m = 7395.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2429.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.35 mb = 2203.87 m = 7230.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.35 mb = 2367.43 m = 7767.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.35 mb = 2933.26 m = 9623.44 ft B at Equ Level: 8.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.35 mb = 15581.79 m = 51120.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -3.9 tot: 73.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 36.42 Bulk Shear: 66.72 m/s