MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1 950 581 SFC 915 909 21.0 10.1 50 10.9 14.2 58 5 301.7 303.3 290.8 326.9 8.48 3 900 1049 19.8 8.7 49 11.1 13.1 68 10 301.9 303.4 290.4 325.3 7.87 4 850 1538 15.8 4.8 48 11.0 9.6 72 13 302.7 303.9 289.3 321.8 6.36 5 800 2049 11.6 2.4 53 9.1 6.6 76 11 303.5 304.5 289.0 320.7 5.71 6 750 2585 7.9 0.2 58 7.6 3.9 110 9 305.1 306.1 289.0 320.9 5.19 7 700 3150 4.2 0.3 76 3.9 2.2 174 8 307.1 308.2 290.0 324.3 5.59 8 650 3752 2.6 2.3 98 0.3 2.4 254 8 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.5 6.94 9 600 4396 -1.4 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.6 275 5 314.6 315.6 292.3 332.3 5.61 10 550 5084 -5.2 -6.3 92 1.1 -5.7 262 4 317.9 318.8 292.2 332.0 4.35 11 500 5827 -9.9 -11.0 91 1.2 -10.4 277 6 321.0 321.7 292.2 331.9 3.30 12 450 6632 -14.8 -17.0 83 2.2 -15.5 273 5 324.7 325.1 292.3 332.4 2.25 13 400 7513 -20.6 -24.6 70 4.0 -21.6 283 4 328.2 328.5 292.4 332.8 1.30 14 350 8488 -27.7 -37.3 39 9.7 -29.0 279 6 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.1 0.44 15 300 9575 -37.3 -45.6 42 8.3 -38.0 279 10 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.22 16 250 10804 -48.4 -51.9 67 3.5 -48.5 249 19 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12249 -52.5 -71.7 8 19.2 -52.8 276 28 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14093 -56.7 -83.2 2 26.5 -57.0 296 32 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16627 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 307 22 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.14 m Freezing level: 617.10 mb = 4175.70 m = 13699.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.60 mb = 4137.32 m = 13573.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.18 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.72 mb = 2283.16 m = 7490.58 ft T: 9.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.18 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.89 mb = 3853.33 m = 12642.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 5.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 14.66 C K Index: 26.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8107.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.45 mb = 2744.96 m = 9005.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.1 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 216.1 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 29.71 m/s