MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 163 1 950 607 SFC 917 907 14.8 14.1 95 0.7 14.4 100 8 295.2 297.2 290.9 327.0 11.07 3 900 1065 13.3 13.2 100 0.1 13.3 113 16 295.2 297.1 290.5 325.9 10.67 4 850 1545 10.6 10.1 97 0.5 10.3 118 29 297.3 298.9 290.0 324.0 9.19 5 800 2049 8.7 8.1 96 0.6 8.3 122 27 300.4 302.0 290.4 325.5 8.50 6 750 2583 7.4 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 141 22 304.6 306.2 291.7 329.9 8.44 7 700 3150 5.1 4.7 97 0.4 4.9 170 18 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.6 7.68 8 650 3751 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 188 14 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.2 6.02 9 600 4392 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 200 15 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.1 5.42 10 550 5080 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.6 206 16 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.2 4.44 11 500 5824 -9.2 -10.4 91 1.2 -9.7 208 16 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.3 3.47 12 450 6632 -14.1 -15.6 88 1.5 -14.6 209 16 325.6 326.1 292.8 334.1 2.53 13 400 7515 -20.1 -22.2 83 2.1 -20.7 208 15 328.8 329.2 292.9 334.5 1.61 14 350 8491 -27.5 -30.1 79 2.6 -28.0 208 14 331.7 331.9 293.0 335.0 0.90 15 300 9581 -36.4 -39.5 73 3.1 -36.7 195 13 334.1 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.41 16 250 10814 -48.2 -51.6 68 3.4 -48.4 179 12 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12254 -53.2 -69.2 12 16.1 -53.5 270 19 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14097 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 294 24 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16632 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 322 19 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.25 m Freezing level: 637.84 mb = 3906.80 m = 12817.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.27 mb = 3859.27 m = 12661.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.37 % Est. max temperature: 22.58 C = 72.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.89 mb = 1000.66 m = 3282.96 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1437.73 m = 4716.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.38 C = 61.48 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: 4.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.31 mb = 1434.08 m = 4704.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.31 mb = 1482.95 m = 4865.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.31 mb = 1680.07 m = 5511.99 ft B at Equ Level: 17.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 766.31 mb = 2405.08 m = 7890.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 199.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 143.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 37.01 m/s