MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z 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 154 1 950 593 SFC 916 908 17.8 13.0 74 4.8 14.8 93 6 298.4 300.3 291.3 328.6 10.36 3 900 1058 17.5 12.0 70 5.4 14.0 116 16 299.5 301.3 291.2 328.3 9.84 4 850 1546 15.6 9.1 65 6.5 11.6 133 20 302.4 304.0 291.1 327.9 8.55 5 800 2056 10.8 7.7 81 3.1 8.9 132 20 302.6 304.2 290.9 327.3 8.27 6 750 2591 6.6 6.1 97 0.5 6.3 129 20 303.7 305.1 290.9 327.3 7.89 7 700 3156 5.0 4.8 98 0.2 4.9 159 16 308.1 309.5 292.2 331.6 7.73 8 650 3759 2.2 1.9 98 0.3 2.0 184 4 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.4 6.76 9 600 4401 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.4 219 5 313.5 314.6 291.8 330.3 5.30 10 550 5089 -5.9 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 247 9 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.38 11 500 5831 -9.5 -11.0 89 1.5 -10.1 240 8 321.4 322.1 292.3 332.3 3.29 12 450 6638 -14.5 -17.2 80 2.7 -15.4 237 9 325.0 325.5 292.4 332.6 2.21 13 400 7520 -20.2 -24.8 66 4.7 -21.3 241 9 328.8 329.0 292.6 333.3 1.28 14 350 8495 -27.3 -35.8 44 8.5 -28.6 259 12 332.0 332.1 292.8 333.9 0.51 15 300 9583 -37.2 -43.5 52 6.3 -37.8 256 15 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.27 16 250 10813 -47.9 -53.0 55 5.2 -48.1 256 22 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 17 200 12258 -53.9 -70.1 12 16.2 -54.2 281 23 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14097 -55.7 -83.9 2 28.2 -56.0 298 31 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16631 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 313 23 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.84 m Freezing level: 625.26 mb = 4076.36 m = 13373.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.11 mb = 4046.32 m = 13275.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.06 % Est. max temperature: 22.67 C = 72.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.06 mb = 1515.29 m = 4971.38 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 1.29 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2341.11 m = 7680.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.53 C = 72.55 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 2.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6580.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.24 mb = 2105.77 m = 6908.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.2 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 195.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.2 neg: -10.8 tot: 74.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 15.91 m/s