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: 46.14,-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 133 1 950 584 SFC 916 909 25.5 9.2 36 16.3 15.3 146 9 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.5 8.01 3 900 1058 23.8 8.3 37 15.6 14.3 145 11 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.2 7.63 4 850 1553 19.0 7.1 46 11.9 11.9 144 12 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.7 7.46 5 800 2069 14.0 6.4 60 7.7 9.5 143 12 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.9 7.54 6 750 2609 8.8 5.4 80 3.3 6.8 141 12 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.9 7.54 7 700 3175 3.4 2.9 97 0.5 3.1 140 12 306.3 307.5 290.8 326.8 6.77 8 650 3773 1.5 -16.5 25 18.0 -4.9 136 3 310.6 310.9 287.4 315.9 1.61 9 600 4414 -0.4 -21.4 19 21.1 -7.1 250 5 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.6 1.15 10 550 5104 -4.0 -28.4 13 24.4 -10.4 227 5 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.7 0.67 11 500 5850 -8.3 -39.1 6 30.8 -14.3 244 4 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.9 0.26 12 450 6659 -13.1 -32.9 17 19.8 -17.4 262 9 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.7 0.53 13 400 7544 -19.6 -31.1 35 11.5 -22.0 232 10 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.71 14 350 8520 -27.3 -32.3 62 5.1 -28.2 230 7 332.0 332.1 293.0 334.6 0.72 15 300 9612 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.1 -36.1 263 11 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 16 250 10849 -47.0 -50.5 67 3.5 -47.1 271 9 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12289 -54.6 -67.4 19 12.8 -54.8 281 21 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 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 16654 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 317 25 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.92 m Freezing level: 609.74 mb = 4289.21 m = 14072.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.53 mb = 3402.51 m = 11162.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.07 mb = 2943.12 m = 9655.77 ft T: 5.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.37 C/km ThetaE index: 13.02 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.01 mb = 3035.40 m = 9958.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 15.39 C K Index: 33.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.57 mb = 3017.44 m = 9899.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.57 mb = 3075.11 m = 10088.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.57 mb = 3545.60 m = 11632.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 648.57 mb = 3790.52 m = 12435.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.3 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 203.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -14.9 tot: -11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 3.67 m/s