MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 149 1 950 600 SFC 917 909 25.8 9.3 35 16.5 15.5 143 8 306.5 308.0 291.9 330.8 8.03 3 900 1072 22.3 8.3 40 14.1 13.8 144 9 304.5 306.0 291.0 327.5 7.64 4 850 1564 17.4 7.1 51 10.2 11.3 144 9 304.3 305.7 290.8 326.8 7.47 5 800 2077 12.3 5.9 65 6.4 8.6 144 10 304.2 305.6 290.6 326.2 7.29 6 750 2614 7.2 3.3 76 3.9 5.1 145 10 304.4 305.6 289.9 323.9 6.47 7 700 3178 4.3 -11.5 30 15.9 -2.0 132 10 307.3 307.7 286.9 314.5 2.26 8 650 3778 2.7 -27.1 9 29.8 -5.8 179 7 312.0 312.1 286.8 314.2 0.64 9 600 4419 -0.4 -37.7 4 37.2 -8.6 197 4 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.5 0.25 10 550 5109 -3.8 -36.3 6 32.5 -11.0 232 2 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.31 11 500 5855 -8.4 -41.5 5 33.0 -14.5 263 4 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.20 12 450 6663 -13.1 -44.8 5 31.7 -18.1 269 4 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.16 13 400 7549 -19.3 -37.2 19 17.9 -22.4 10 5 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.39 14 350 8527 -26.7 -42.6 21 15.9 -28.7 308 9 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.26 15 300 9619 -35.7 -48.7 25 13.0 -36.7 269 8 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.15 16 250 10858 -46.7 -53.9 44 7.2 -47.0 273 11 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 17 200 12296 -57.0 -64.8 37 7.8 -57.2 265 16 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 18 150 14124 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 300 30 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16651 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 326 20 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.73 m Freezing level: 607.18 mb = 4326.90 m = 14195.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.03 mb = 3015.43 m = 9893.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.71 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.08 mb = 2957.79 m = 9703.92 ft T: 5.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.63 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3141.19 m = 10305.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.60 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 15.55 C K Index: 17.05 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6445.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.60 mb = 2850.26 m = 9351.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.7 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 196.7 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.76 Bulk Shear: 1.98 m/s