MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KHLN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: KHLN Latitude: 46.60 Longitude: -112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 560 2 900 1032 SFC 858 1446 21.3 3.9 32 17.4 11.3 118 5 307.6 308.7 290.5 325.8 5.92 4 850 1526 19.3 3.3 35 16.0 10.3 119 5 306.4 307.4 289.9 323.9 5.72 5 800 2042 14.8 2.3 43 12.6 7.9 114 9 307.0 308.0 290.0 324.3 5.64 6 750 2585 11.5 0.6 47 10.9 5.7 122 23 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.7 5.35 7 700 3158 7.9 2.6 69 5.3 4.9 127 25 311.2 312.5 292.2 331.7 6.61 8 650 3765 3.6 -1.3 70 4.9 1.0 116 20 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.8 5.34 9 600 4409 -1.6 -4.1 83 2.5 -2.8 114 20 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.2 4.70 10 550 5096 -5.8 -7.7 87 1.9 -6.7 115 19 317.2 317.9 291.6 329.8 3.90 11 500 5838 -9.2 -11.3 85 2.1 -10.1 137 13 321.8 322.5 292.4 332.5 3.23 12 450 6647 -13.7 -15.6 85 1.9 -14.4 168 10 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.6 2.52 13 400 7533 -18.8 -20.9 84 2.0 -19.4 203 15 330.5 330.9 293.6 336.9 1.81 14 350 8514 -25.8 -28.7 77 2.9 -26.4 221 16 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.7 1.02 15 300 9610 -35.3 -39.0 69 3.7 -35.7 224 16 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.3 0.44 16 250 10848 -47.2 -51.3 63 4.1 -47.4 222 18 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12294 -53.5 -72.0 9 18.5 -53.8 245 25 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 14138 -55.3 -73.5 9 18.1 -55.6 248 31 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.8 0.01 19 100 16676 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 294 6 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.18 m Freezing level: 615.39 mb = 4210.55 m = 13813.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3931.58 m = 12898.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.38 C = 75.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.49 mb = 3608.90 m = 11840.08 ft T: 4.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 1.94 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 597.07 mb = 4447.38 m = 14590.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 4.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 12.51 C K Index: 26.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7722.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.89 mb = 3653.49 m = 11986.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 158.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.6 neg: -26.3 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 13.98 m/s