MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 46.18,-103.54 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 578 SFC 913 922 20.5 10.7 53 9.8 14.4 164 4 301.4 303.0 291.0 327.6 8.86 3 900 1049 22.1 9.4 44 12.7 14.2 170 16 304.2 305.8 291.4 328.9 8.24 4 850 1542 18.1 7.5 50 10.6 11.7 163 12 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.2 7.68 5 800 2057 13.3 4.8 56 8.5 8.4 144 9 305.3 306.6 290.5 325.7 6.74 6 750 2595 8.7 0.5 56 8.2 4.4 99 10 306.0 307.0 289.4 322.1 5.28 7 700 3161 4.4 -1.0 68 5.4 1.7 84 9 307.4 308.3 289.7 323.1 5.09 8 650 3761 1.0 0.5 96 0.5 0.7 202 9 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.1 6.12 9 600 4403 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 239 16 314.9 316.1 292.6 333.3 5.81 10 550 5094 -4.6 -4.9 98 0.3 -4.8 256 17 318.6 319.5 292.8 334.1 4.83 11 500 5838 -9.5 -9.7 99 0.1 -9.6 269 14 321.4 322.1 292.7 333.5 3.67 12 450 6644 -14.5 -15.5 92 1.0 -14.9 269 14 325.0 325.5 292.7 333.6 2.54 13 400 7528 -19.5 -24.2 66 4.7 -20.7 256 17 329.7 329.9 292.9 334.4 1.35 14 350 8505 -27.0 -32.6 59 5.6 -28.0 253 13 332.3 332.5 293.0 334.9 0.70 15 300 9595 -36.7 -41.0 64 4.3 -37.2 242 9 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.35 16 250 10827 -47.7 -51.7 63 4.0 -47.9 249 8 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.13 17 200 12272 -53.7 -68.4 15 14.7 -54.0 284 20 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14114 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.8 288 27 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16648 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 308 22 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.00 m Freezing level: 624.80 mb = 4084.39 m = 13400.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.72 mb = 4002.28 m = 13130.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.82 C = 76.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.51 mb = 2166.97 m = 7109.40 ft T: 12.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 6.81 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.32 mb = 3075.98 m = 10091.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: 2.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.05 C K Index: 29.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6868.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.04 mb = 2782.93 m = 9130.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: -74.8 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 21.41 m/s