MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 133 1 950 574 SFC 914 908 18.7 9.7 56 9.1 13.2 39 5 299.5 301.0 289.9 323.8 8.28 3 900 1042 19.7 8.4 48 11.2 12.9 52 6 301.8 303.2 290.2 324.7 7.72 4 850 1531 16.3 7.0 54 9.3 10.8 80 6 303.2 304.6 290.4 325.4 7.41 5 800 2043 12.2 6.5 68 5.7 8.9 110 9 304.2 305.6 290.9 327.0 7.61 6 750 2580 8.3 -1.5 50 9.8 3.4 117 14 305.6 306.5 288.6 319.7 4.58 7 700 3146 4.1 -2.3 63 6.4 1.0 150 17 307.0 307.9 289.1 321.3 4.61 8 650 3747 2.7 2.2 96 0.5 2.4 235 16 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.4 6.90 9 600 4390 -1.1 -1.9 94 0.8 -1.6 264 14 314.8 315.9 292.3 332.3 5.53 10 550 5079 -5.0 -6.1 92 1.1 -5.5 284 12 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.4 4.41 11 500 5823 -9.7 -10.8 92 1.1 -10.1 280 8 321.3 321.9 292.4 332.4 3.37 12 450 6628 -14.8 -16.2 90 1.3 -15.3 264 5 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.7 2.41 13 400 7510 -20.3 -24.8 67 4.5 -21.5 272 10 328.6 328.8 292.6 333.1 1.27 14 350 8484 -27.7 -33.1 60 5.4 -28.6 272 14 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.9 0.67 15 300 9571 -37.2 -41.9 62 4.7 -37.7 286 11 332.9 332.9 292.8 334.1 0.32 16 250 10801 -48.1 -54.6 47 6.5 -48.3 298 10 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12243 -53.5 -68.5 14 15.0 -53.8 281 24 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14088 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 290 31 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16621 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 320 24 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.53 m Freezing level: 614.75 mb = 4200.26 m = 13780.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.90 mb = 4127.88 m = 13542.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.37 % Est. max temperature: 24.32 C = 75.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.58 mb = 2057.84 m = 6751.38 ft T: 12.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 7.36 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.45 mb = 3070.46 m = 10073.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 16.66 C K Index: 26.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7033.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.25 mb = 2588.43 m = 8492.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 36.79 m/s