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: 46.18,-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 134 1 950 575 SFC 913 922 18.7 9.2 54 9.4 13.0 56 5 299.6 301.0 289.8 323.3 8.05 3 900 1042 19.5 8.3 48 11.2 12.8 71 8 301.7 303.1 290.1 324.4 7.66 4 850 1531 16.0 6.8 55 9.1 10.6 90 8 302.9 304.2 290.2 324.8 7.33 5 800 2043 12.1 5.9 66 6.2 8.5 112 9 304.1 305.4 290.6 326.0 7.31 6 750 2580 8.1 -0.4 55 8.4 3.8 121 14 305.3 306.2 288.9 320.5 4.97 7 700 3145 4.0 -1.8 66 5.8 1.1 156 18 306.9 307.8 289.2 321.6 4.79 8 650 3747 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 242 16 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.4 6.93 9 600 4390 -1.1 -1.9 95 0.7 -1.5 270 14 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.4 5.57 10 550 5079 -5.0 -6.1 92 1.1 -5.5 289 11 318.1 319.0 292.3 332.3 4.40 11 500 5822 -9.7 -11.1 90 1.3 -10.3 271 8 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.0 3.29 12 450 6628 -14.8 -16.3 88 1.5 -15.3 246 6 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.8 2.39 13 400 7510 -20.3 -24.5 69 4.2 -21.4 271 9 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.2 1.31 14 350 8484 -27.6 -33.2 59 5.7 -28.5 274 13 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.0 0.66 15 300 9571 -37.2 -42.5 58 5.3 -37.7 282 12 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.30 16 250 10801 -48.1 -54.9 45 6.8 -48.4 290 10 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.09 17 200 12243 -53.5 -68.3 15 14.8 -53.8 280 24 348.0 348.1 296.2 348.1 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 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.2 319 24 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.45 m Freezing level: 615.12 mb = 4195.37 m = 13764.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4133.63 m = 13561.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.35 % Est. max temperature: 23.98 C = 75.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.80 mb = 2117.83 m = 6948.19 ft T: 11.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 5.51 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.27 mb = 3083.05 m = 10114.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.16 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.59 C K Index: 26.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7276.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.58 mb = 2595.10 m = 8514.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 42.47 m/s