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: 46.14,-103.38 Latitude: 46.14 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 917 907 15.2 10.2 72 5.0 12.2 193 3 295.6 297.1 288.8 320.3 8.54 3 900 1069 19.7 10.7 56 9.0 14.1 190 12 301.8 303.5 291.3 328.5 8.99 4 850 1559 16.7 8.1 57 8.6 11.5 158 10 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.6 8.01 5 800 2072 12.4 5.7 63 6.7 8.5 116 6 304.4 305.7 290.6 326.0 7.18 6 750 2608 7.5 3.5 76 4.0 5.4 74 4 304.8 306.0 290.2 324.7 6.59 7 700 3172 3.9 -11.3 32 15.2 -2.1 60 7 306.8 307.2 286.8 314.1 2.30 8 650 3772 2.4 -25.1 11 27.4 -5.7 74 6 311.6 311.8 286.8 314.3 0.77 9 600 4413 -0.4 -35.5 5 35.1 -8.5 111 2 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.7 0.31 10 550 5104 -3.8 -36.4 6 32.5 -11.0 268 2 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.31 11 500 5849 -8.9 -40.1 6 31.2 -14.7 278 3 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.23 12 450 6655 -13.6 -45.3 5 31.7 -18.5 340 6 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.15 13 400 7540 -19.2 -35.1 23 15.9 -22.2 330 18 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.8 0.48 14 350 8519 -26.4 -45.3 15 18.9 -28.6 307 18 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.19 15 300 9613 -35.3 -50.1 20 14.9 -36.4 341 15 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 16 250 10854 -46.5 -54.6 39 8.2 -46.8 324 16 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 17 200 12295 -56.5 -65.4 32 8.8 -56.7 287 19 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14119 -57.4 -81.0 3 23.6 -57.7 304 34 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16642 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 326 28 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.15 m Freezing level: 607.93 mb = 4311.44 m = 14144.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.32 mb = 3006.62 m = 9864.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.03 C = 75.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.67 mb = 1552.16 m = 5092.31 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.96 mb = 2773.88 m = 9100.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 3.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.03 C K Index: 18.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6853.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.69 mb = 2436.20 m = 7992.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.8 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 129.8 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): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -28.1 tot: -25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.4 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: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 14.70 m/s