MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 46.11,-103.38 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 569 SFC 914 908 25.5 8.9 35 16.7 15.2 140 5 306.5 307.9 291.7 330.2 7.83 3 900 1043 23.8 7.8 36 16.0 14.0 142 6 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.4 7.39 4 850 1538 18.9 7.0 46 11.9 11.7 144 5 305.9 307.3 291.2 328.3 7.39 5 800 2054 13.9 5.9 58 8.0 9.2 147 4 305.9 307.3 291.2 328.0 7.28 6 750 2593 9.7 -0.5 49 10.2 4.4 331 3 307.1 308.0 289.4 322.2 4.91 7 700 3163 7.6 -16.6 16 24.1 -1.4 331 9 310.9 311.1 287.3 315.8 1.49 8 650 3769 4.5 -24.0 10 28.6 -4.4 326 13 314.1 314.2 287.8 317.0 0.84 9 600 4415 0.5 -28.8 9 29.3 -7.5 322 16 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.8 0.59 10 550 5106 -4.6 -33.6 8 29.0 -11.2 317 19 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.41 11 500 5848 -9.9 -36.1 10 26.1 -15.2 311 24 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.35 12 450 6650 -16.1 -35.3 17 19.2 -19.7 311 28 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.5 0.42 13 400 7524 -22.9 -32.0 43 9.1 -24.5 307 35 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.65 14 350 8489 -29.5 -37.6 45 8.1 -30.6 299 46 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.43 15 300 9571 -38.2 -49.4 30 11.2 -38.9 292 50 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.14 16 250 10796 -47.3 -59.0 25 11.8 -47.7 293 68 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 17 200 12246 -53.6 -66.1 20 12.5 -53.9 294 75 347.8 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14095 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 300 58 373.9 373.9 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16630 -62.1 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 321 34 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.02 m Freezing level: 594.96 mb = 4484.73 m = 14713.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.01 mb = 3022.83 m = 9917.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.25 mb = 2985.39 m = 9794.46 ft T: 8.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.39 mb = 4080.70 m = 13387.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 2.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: 11.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 117.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6887.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.97 mb = 3034.92 m = 9956.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.2 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 346.2 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -11.6 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 50.63 m/s