MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 46.14,-103.38 Latitude: 46.14 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 118 1 950 570 SFC 914 909 25.7 8.4 33 17.3 15.0 147 8 306.6 308.1 291.6 329.6 7.58 3 900 1046 24.5 7.5 34 17.1 14.1 147 9 306.8 308.1 291.3 328.7 7.22 4 850 1542 19.7 6.3 42 13.4 11.7 145 9 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.3 7.07 5 800 2059 14.6 5.3 53 9.3 9.2 143 8 306.7 308.0 291.1 328.0 6.98 6 750 2600 9.6 3.4 65 6.2 6.1 139 7 307.0 308.2 290.8 326.8 6.51 7 700 3168 6.0 -7.3 38 13.3 0.0 68 2 309.1 309.7 288.4 319.0 3.14 8 650 3770 2.6 -6.8 50 9.4 -1.7 303 8 311.9 312.5 289.7 323.1 3.53 9 600 4412 -2.0 -8.9 59 6.9 -5.0 233 5 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.2 3.24 10 550 5098 -5.4 -9.5 73 4.1 -7.1 191 9 317.7 318.3 291.3 328.7 3.38 11 500 5842 -9.1 -10.8 87 1.8 -9.8 216 9 322.0 322.6 292.5 333.0 3.34 12 450 6650 -13.8 -16.0 84 2.1 -14.6 233 6 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.2 2.45 13 400 7535 -19.4 -21.4 84 2.0 -19.9 245 7 329.8 330.2 293.3 335.9 1.73 14 350 8514 -26.6 -29.1 80 2.5 -27.1 265 11 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.5 0.99 15 300 9607 -35.9 -38.9 74 3.0 -36.2 257 15 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10843 -47.3 -51.0 65 3.7 -47.4 250 12 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12286 -53.7 -67.7 16 14.0 -53.9 278 24 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14130 -57.0 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 299 33 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16657 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 313 20 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.86 m Freezing level: 622.16 mb = 4127.50 m = 13541.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.42 mb = 3174.53 m = 10415.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.32 mb = 3070.53 m = 10073.81 ft T: 6.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.61 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.17 mb = 3755.83 m = 12322.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 2.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 15.40 C K Index: 21.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6247.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.02 mb = 3190.83 m = 10468.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -54.1 tot: -52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 5.19 m/s