MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 135 1 950 575 SFC 914 906 14.5 10.6 78 3.9 12.1 207 1 295.1 296.7 288.9 320.5 8.82 3 900 1041 19.4 9.9 54 9.5 13.6 152 4 301.5 303.0 290.8 326.8 8.53 4 850 1532 17.3 6.7 50 10.6 11.0 56 8 304.3 305.6 290.6 326.2 7.27 5 800 2045 13.0 1.4 45 11.6 6.8 54 7 305.0 306.0 289.1 321.1 5.30 6 750 2584 10.6 -12.4 18 23.1 1.3 12 4 308.1 308.5 286.9 314.4 1.96 7 700 3155 8.1 -19.7 12 27.8 -1.6 335 10 311.4 311.6 287.2 315.2 1.14 8 650 3761 3.9 -16.0 22 19.9 -3.5 324 14 313.4 313.7 288.4 319.0 1.69 9 600 4405 -0.5 -26.5 12 26.0 -7.8 326 18 315.6 315.7 288.1 318.1 0.73 10 550 5094 -5.0 -28.3 14 23.4 -11.0 319 22 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.6 0.67 11 500 5836 -9.6 -34.9 11 25.3 -14.9 313 25 321.4 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.39 12 450 6640 -15.4 -46.3 5 30.9 -19.7 312 24 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.13 13 400 7517 -21.4 -45.4 10 24.0 -24.5 310 31 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.16 14 350 8487 -28.4 -38.2 38 9.9 -29.7 311 43 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.40 15 300 9577 -36.0 -47.2 30 11.3 -36.9 308 56 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.18 16 250 10814 -46.3 -52.6 49 6.3 -46.6 297 74 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.12 17 200 12259 -55.2 -64.4 31 9.2 -55.4 301 71 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14082 -57.3 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.6 306 58 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16614 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 317 35 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.31 m Freezing level: 605.32 mb = 4336.19 m = 14226.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.23 mb = 2827.87 m = 9277.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.78 mb = 1403.79 m = 4605.55 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 12.34 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.53 mb = 3878.96 m = 12726.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lifted Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.53 C Showalter Index: 3.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 16.31 C K Index: 5.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 122.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7543.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.00 mb = 2639.47 m = 8659.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 355.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -40.1 tot: -17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 48.88 m/s