MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 142 1 950 594 SFC 916 908 25.5 8.8 35 16.7 15.1 134 10 306.2 307.7 291.6 329.8 7.79 3 900 1066 22.1 7.8 40 14.3 13.4 134 10 304.3 305.6 290.7 326.5 7.40 4 850 1557 17.1 6.9 51 10.2 11.1 134 11 304.1 305.4 290.6 326.2 7.36 5 800 2070 12.1 5.8 65 6.3 8.5 133 11 304.0 305.4 290.5 325.8 7.24 6 750 2607 9.0 -8.4 28 17.4 1.4 123 11 306.3 306.8 287.0 314.8 2.70 7 700 3174 5.7 -14.8 21 20.5 -2.0 135 4 308.8 309.2 286.9 314.4 1.73 8 650 3776 3.0 -23.9 12 26.9 -5.3 240 3 312.3 312.5 287.2 315.2 0.85 9 600 4419 -0.3 -33.3 6 33.0 -8.3 268 5 315.7 315.8 287.8 317.1 0.38 10 550 5109 -4.1 -38.3 5 34.2 -11.2 263 5 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.2 0.26 11 500 5853 -8.7 -41.7 5 33.0 -14.7 242 3 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.2 0.20 12 450 6661 -13.4 -39.0 10 25.5 -18.1 224 0 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.29 13 400 7546 -19.8 -30.7 37 10.9 -22.1 316 3 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.74 14 350 8523 -26.7 -40.4 26 13.7 -28.5 279 4 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.1 0.32 15 300 9615 -35.8 -45.4 37 9.6 -36.7 276 4 334.9 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.22 16 250 10853 -46.5 -50.0 67 3.5 -46.7 291 12 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 17 200 12293 -56.1 -64.5 34 8.4 -56.2 274 22 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14129 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.1 296 30 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 317 24 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.45 m Freezing level: 604.84 mb = 4356.53 m = 14292.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.38 mb = 2836.04 m = 9304.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.77 mb = 2979.23 m = 9774.26 ft T: 6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.52 mb = 3732.19 m = 12244.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 15.60 C K Index: 12.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6873.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.89 mb = 2852.74 m = 9359.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.7 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 187.7 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -147.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -10.2 tot: -9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 4.33 m/s