MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 46.07,-103.32 Latitude: 46.07 Longitude: -103.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 567 SFC 914 898 21.2 14.7 66 6.6 16.9 86 9 302.0 304.1 293.3 336.1 11.54 3 900 1036 19.5 14.1 71 5.3 16.0 87 11 301.6 303.6 293.0 335.0 11.33 4 850 1524 14.6 13.0 91 1.5 13.6 97 11 301.4 303.4 292.9 334.3 11.16 5 800 2034 11.1 8.6 85 2.4 9.6 118 14 302.9 304.6 291.5 329.2 8.83 6 750 2571 8.3 6.7 89 1.6 7.3 136 8 305.6 307.1 291.8 330.4 8.22 7 700 3139 5.0 3.9 92 1.1 4.4 282 5 308.1 309.4 291.7 330.2 7.25 8 650 3741 1.7 0.1 89 1.6 0.8 284 9 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.4 5.93 9 600 4382 -1.9 -3.9 86 2.0 -2.9 274 11 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.2 4.79 10 550 5070 -5.5 -7.7 85 2.1 -6.5 268 12 317.5 318.3 291.7 330.1 3.91 11 500 5811 -10.1 -14.6 70 4.4 -11.7 248 13 320.7 321.2 291.4 329.0 2.47 12 450 6616 -15.2 -20.9 62 5.7 -16.9 257 15 324.1 324.5 291.6 329.7 1.61 13 400 7494 -21.6 -28.7 53 7.1 -23.1 267 11 326.9 327.1 291.7 330.1 0.89 14 350 8463 -29.1 -34.4 60 5.3 -29.9 251 8 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.59 15 300 9545 -38.4 -43.2 61 4.7 -38.8 222 12 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.28 16 250 10772 -46.8 -60.2 20 13.3 -47.3 263 14 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.05 17 200 12235 -50.4 -71.9 6 21.4 -50.9 287 34 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14092 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.1 290 36 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16635 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 309 24 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.47 m Freezing level: 625.86 mb = 4050.21 m = 13287.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.62 mb = 3882.07 m = 12736.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.24 % Est. max temperature: 23.97 C = 75.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.85 mb = 1726.22 m = 5663.38 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1889.75 m = 6199.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.72 C = 71.09 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.55 mb = 1790.29 m = 5873.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.55 mb = 2049.42 m = 6723.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.55 mb = 10044.28 m = 32953.28 ft B at Equ Level: 181.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.55 mb = 11359.97 m = 37269.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -146.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -5.3 tot: 60.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.12 Bulk Shear: 59.66 m/s