MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 133 1 950 583 SFC 916 908 25.5 9.3 36 16.3 15.4 147 9 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.6 8.04 3 900 1058 23.8 8.3 37 15.5 14.3 146 11 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.3 7.68 4 850 1553 19.0 7.2 46 11.7 11.9 145 12 306.0 307.4 291.4 328.8 7.53 5 800 2069 14.0 6.4 60 7.6 9.5 142 12 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.0 7.58 6 750 2609 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.9 141 12 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.0 7.57 7 700 3175 3.4 2.9 97 0.5 3.2 139 12 306.3 307.5 290.8 326.9 6.77 8 650 3773 1.4 -16.3 25 17.7 -4.9 136 4 310.6 310.9 287.4 316.0 1.64 9 600 4414 -0.4 -19.1 23 18.7 -6.7 248 5 315.7 315.9 288.9 320.4 1.40 10 550 5104 -4.0 -26.4 16 22.4 -10.2 226 6 319.4 319.5 289.4 322.2 0.81 11 500 5850 -8.3 -38.0 7 29.7 -14.2 241 4 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.0 0.29 12 450 6659 -13.1 -32.5 18 19.4 -17.3 261 9 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.8 0.56 13 400 7544 -19.7 -30.6 37 10.9 -22.0 231 10 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.75 14 350 8520 -27.3 -32.0 64 4.7 -28.1 228 7 332.0 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.75 15 300 9612 -35.7 -38.8 73 3.1 -36.1 262 11 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 16 250 10849 -47.0 -50.5 67 3.5 -47.2 269 8 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12289 -54.5 -67.5 19 13.0 -54.8 280 21 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 14124 -56.9 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.2 300 32 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16655 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 317 25 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.98 m Freezing level: 611.01 mb = 4272.91 m = 14018.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.31 mb = 3405.05 m = 11171.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.81 mb = 2934.49 m = 9627.48 ft T: 5.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 3022.92 m = 9917.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 3.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 15.52 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.92 mb = 3001.83 m = 9848.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.92 mb = 3059.41 m = 10037.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.92 mb = 3529.26 m = 11578.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 649.92 mb = 3773.82 m = 12381.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.8 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 202.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -15.3 tot: -11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 3.49 m/s