MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 104 1 950 558 SFC 913 907 26.4 7.0 29 19.4 14.6 77 7 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.4 6.88 3 900 1035 25.1 5.4 28 19.8 13.4 77 8 307.4 308.6 290.7 326.5 6.24 4 850 1532 20.3 4.8 36 15.5 11.3 74 9 307.4 308.6 290.8 326.8 6.34 5 800 2050 15.2 3.7 46 11.5 8.7 71 9 307.4 308.5 290.7 326.5 6.26 6 750 2591 10.0 2.5 59 7.5 5.9 68 9 307.4 308.6 290.6 326.2 6.11 7 700 3160 7.2 -16.9 16 24.1 -1.7 21 7 310.4 310.7 287.2 315.2 1.45 8 650 3765 4.0 -24.1 11 28.1 -4.7 328 9 313.5 313.6 287.5 316.3 0.84 9 600 4409 -0.1 -32.8 6 32.6 -8.2 324 13 316.0 316.0 287.9 317.4 0.40 10 550 5100 -3.7 -38.0 5 34.3 -11.0 329 15 319.7 319.8 288.9 320.7 0.26 11 500 5846 -8.4 -41.5 5 33.0 -14.5 329 14 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.6 0.20 12 450 6654 -13.5 -37.1 12 23.6 -18.0 326 18 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.35 13 400 7539 -19.5 -33.1 29 13.6 -22.1 318 25 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.9 0.59 14 350 8517 -26.5 -36.4 39 9.9 -28.0 310 31 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.9 0.49 15 300 9610 -34.8 -38.7 67 3.9 -35.2 309 35 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.1 0.45 16 250 10858 -45.1 -48.5 69 3.3 -45.3 290 40 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.7 0.19 17 200 12303 -56.2 -61.8 49 5.6 -56.3 300 48 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14132 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 304 47 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16654 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 325 31 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.63 m Freezing level: 601.71 mb = 4387.32 m = 14393.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.11 mb = 3030.37 m = 9942.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.24 mb = 3322.26 m = 10899.67 ft T: 6.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.56 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.00 mb = 4409.33 m = 14466.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.70 C = 94.46 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 13.19 C K Index: 9.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 88.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7254.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.28 mb = 3465.86 m = 11370.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.1 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 19.1 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -5.3 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 25.59 m/s