MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 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 128 1 950 575 SFC 914 908 20.4 11.8 58 8.6 14.9 146 5 301.2 302.9 291.5 329.3 9.53 3 900 1044 20.1 8.8 48 11.3 13.3 135 10 302.3 303.7 290.5 325.8 7.92 4 850 1533 16.0 5.8 51 10.2 10.2 121 8 303.0 304.2 289.8 323.5 6.84 5 800 2045 12.7 6.6 67 6.1 9.1 63 13 304.6 306.1 291.0 327.7 7.66 6 750 2583 8.4 4.9 79 3.5 6.4 53 17 305.7 307.0 291.0 327.6 7.25 7 700 3149 4.4 0.4 75 4.1 2.3 55 15 307.4 308.4 290.2 324.6 5.61 8 650 3751 2.0 0.7 91 1.3 1.3 53 6 311.3 312.4 291.9 330.5 6.20 9 600 4394 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.4 340 6 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.6 5.69 10 550 5082 -5.8 -5.9 99 0.2 -5.9 303 6 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.6 4.46 11 500 5824 -10.2 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.6 285 5 320.6 321.2 292.1 331.4 3.26 12 450 6628 -14.8 -17.7 79 2.8 -15.7 280 6 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.9 2.12 13 400 7509 -20.7 -24.7 70 4.0 -21.7 289 7 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.6 1.28 14 350 8482 -27.7 -38.0 37 10.3 -29.2 287 5 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.41 15 300 9568 -37.4 -42.5 59 5.1 -37.9 298 7 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.8 0.30 16 250 10797 -48.1 -52.8 58 4.7 -48.3 233 22 334.5 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 17 200 12246 -52.0 -70.6 9 18.7 -52.3 278 33 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14095 -55.8 -81.6 3 25.8 -56.1 289 38 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16636 -61.5 -86.2 2 24.7 -61.7 306 26 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.06 m Freezing level: 619.25 mb = 4146.09 m = 13602.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.24 mb = 4049.92 m = 13286.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.50 C = 76.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.55 mb = 1997.22 m = 6552.49 ft T: 12.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 5.87 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.31 mb = 3203.82 m = 10511.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 16.06 C K Index: 28.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7704.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.51 mb = 2643.59 m = 8673.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 38.6 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 68.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -35.8 tot: -35.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 20.27 m/s