MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 46.6,-112 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 104 1 950 551 2 900 1026 SFC 857 1446 21.7 5.0 34 16.7 11.9 158 8 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.7 6.38 4 850 1522 20.6 4.8 35 15.9 11.4 153 9 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.2 6.35 5 800 2041 15.7 3.3 43 12.4 8.7 136 13 307.8 309.0 290.7 326.4 6.06 6 750 2583 10.6 1.8 55 8.8 5.8 119 18 308.0 309.1 290.5 325.9 5.81 7 700 3154 6.6 2.4 75 4.1 4.3 102 20 309.8 311.0 291.7 329.9 6.53 8 650 3759 2.3 0.8 90 1.5 1.5 91 19 311.5 312.7 292.0 330.9 6.24 9 600 4401 -1.9 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.1 103 25 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.9 5.36 10 550 5089 -5.0 -5.8 94 0.8 -5.4 126 22 318.1 319.0 292.4 332.7 4.50 11 500 5835 -7.9 -9.0 92 1.1 -8.4 154 15 323.4 324.1 293.3 336.2 3.87 12 450 6647 -12.5 -14.1 88 1.6 -13.1 182 15 327.5 328.1 293.6 337.2 2.86 13 400 7537 -18.3 -20.3 84 2.0 -18.8 183 12 331.3 331.6 293.8 338.0 1.91 14 350 8519 -25.4 -28.0 79 2.6 -26.0 193 14 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.5 1.09 15 300 9618 -34.2 -37.2 74 3.0 -34.6 198 19 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.52 16 250 10865 -45.4 -48.8 69 3.3 -45.6 202 26 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12308 -56.0 -63.7 37 7.7 -56.2 227 31 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14150 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.8 267 27 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16687 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 283 10 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.13 m Freezing level: 622.57 mb = 4110.84 m = 13486.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.57 mb = 4014.77 m = 13171.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.01 % Est. max temperature: 23.04 C = 73.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.81 mb = 3525.83 m = 11567.53 ft T: 3.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.74 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.73 mb = 4141.16 m = 13586.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 4.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.58 C Cross Totals Index: 12.73 C K Index: 29.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7539.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.63 mb = 3576.96 m = 11735.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 158.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.2 neg: -26.0 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 8.57 m/s