MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 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 161 1 950 602 SFC 917 906 15.3 10.2 72 5.0 12.2 194 3 295.6 297.2 288.9 320.4 8.57 3 900 1069 19.7 10.7 56 9.0 14.1 190 12 301.8 303.5 291.3 328.6 9.03 4 850 1559 16.7 8.2 57 8.5 11.6 158 9 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.7 8.03 5 800 2072 12.4 5.7 63 6.7 8.5 115 6 304.4 305.7 290.6 326.0 7.18 6 750 2608 7.5 3.7 77 3.8 5.4 74 4 304.7 306.0 290.2 324.8 6.65 7 700 3172 3.9 -11.4 32 15.3 -2.1 59 7 306.8 307.3 286.8 314.1 2.29 8 650 3772 2.4 -25.1 11 27.5 -5.7 75 6 311.7 311.8 286.8 314.3 0.76 9 600 4413 -0.4 -35.8 5 35.4 -8.5 114 2 315.7 315.7 287.7 316.7 0.30 10 550 5104 -3.8 -36.5 6 32.6 -11.0 269 3 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.31 11 500 5849 -8.9 -40.1 6 31.2 -14.7 278 2 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.23 12 450 6655 -13.6 -45.3 5 31.7 -18.4 341 6 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.15 13 400 7541 -19.2 -34.7 24 15.5 -22.1 330 18 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.9 0.50 14 350 8520 -26.4 -45.3 15 18.9 -28.6 307 18 333.2 333.2 292.8 333.9 0.19 15 300 9613 -35.3 -50.2 20 14.9 -36.4 341 15 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 16 250 10854 -46.4 -54.5 40 8.0 -46.8 324 16 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 17 200 12295 -56.6 -65.4 32 8.8 -56.7 287 19 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14119 -57.4 -81.1 3 23.7 -57.7 304 34 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16642 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 326 28 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.22 m Freezing level: 607.16 mb = 4321.23 m = 14177.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.27 mb = 3007.19 m = 9866.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.31 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.65 mb = 1552.42 m = 5093.17 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.13 mb = 2760.81 m = 9057.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.05 C K Index: 18.44 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6777.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.15 mb = 2431.16 m = 7976.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.0 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 129.0 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -28.2 tot: -25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 14.66 m/s