MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 138 1 950 585 SFC 916 906 18.3 9.3 56 9.0 12.9 140 4 298.9 300.4 289.5 322.5 8.03 3 900 1056 21.8 8.9 44 12.9 13.9 148 14 304.0 305.5 291.1 327.9 7.99 4 850 1549 18.2 7.1 48 11.1 11.6 122 10 305.2 306.6 291.0 327.7 7.44 5 800 2064 13.7 3.4 50 10.3 7.9 82 8 305.7 306.9 290.0 324.3 6.12 6 750 2603 9.9 -7.0 30 16.8 2.2 80 11 307.3 307.9 287.7 316.8 3.02 7 700 3171 6.3 -12.8 24 19.1 -1.3 47 6 309.5 309.9 287.5 316.1 2.04 8 650 3775 3.5 -23.2 12 26.7 -4.9 332 5 312.9 313.1 287.4 316.0 0.91 9 600 4418 -0.6 -30.7 8 30.1 -8.2 332 6 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.2 0.49 10 550 5109 -3.5 -37.9 5 34.3 -10.9 345 7 319.9 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.27 11 500 5854 -8.4 -41.5 5 33.0 -14.5 337 9 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.6 0.20 12 450 6663 -13.4 -41.0 8 27.7 -18.1 336 11 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.3 0.23 13 400 7548 -19.4 -37.2 19 17.8 -22.5 336 15 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.3 0.39 14 350 8527 -25.9 -41.7 21 15.8 -28.0 329 22 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.28 15 300 9622 -35.0 -41.3 52 6.3 -35.7 319 26 336.1 336.1 293.7 337.4 0.34 16 250 10865 -46.0 -53.2 44 7.3 -46.3 307 33 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 17 200 12310 -55.8 -63.6 37 7.8 -56.0 313 35 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14138 -58.0 -81.6 3 23.6 -58.2 304 40 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16662 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 319 25 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.46 m Freezing level: 606.88 mb = 4329.48 m = 14204.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.05 mb = 2961.44 m = 9715.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.10 mb = 2062.67 m = 6767.21 ft T: 13.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 11.94 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.68 mb = 3815.99 m = 12519.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.13 C Showalter Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 15.48 C K Index: 14.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6742.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.00 mb = 2836.76 m = 9306.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.8 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 50.8 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -38.8 tot: -38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 39.09 m/s