MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 142 1 950 582 SFC 915 908 17.4 11.9 70 5.5 14.0 270 3 298.1 299.8 290.6 326.2 9.64 3 900 1049 18.7 13.0 69 5.7 15.0 276 6 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.7 10.52 4 850 1538 16.6 7.2 54 9.4 11.0 62 5 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.2 7.53 5 800 2051 12.4 8.7 78 3.7 10.2 83 11 304.4 306.1 292.0 331.0 8.87 6 750 2589 7.8 7.2 95 0.7 7.5 71 12 305.1 306.7 291.9 330.7 8.50 7 700 3154 3.5 -0.6 74 4.2 1.4 63 12 306.4 307.4 289.5 322.4 5.23 8 650 3752 1.2 -5.4 61 6.6 -1.9 83 4 310.3 311.0 289.6 322.7 3.93 9 600 4393 -1.6 -2.6 93 1.0 -2.1 308 2 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.0 5.29 10 550 5081 -5.8 -7.0 91 1.2 -6.4 320 7 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.5 4.12 11 500 5823 -10.0 -11.3 90 1.3 -10.5 322 6 320.8 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.23 12 450 6626 -15.5 -17.4 85 1.9 -16.2 345 3 323.7 324.2 292.0 331.1 2.16 13 400 7506 -20.6 -26.5 59 5.9 -22.0 264 4 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.0 1.09 14 350 8479 -28.1 -38.2 37 10.1 -29.5 254 6 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.4 0.40 15 300 9562 -38.4 -43.1 61 4.8 -38.8 248 5 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 16 250 10784 -48.9 -54.4 53 5.4 -49.1 257 12 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.09 17 200 12232 -52.1 -69.6 11 17.4 -52.5 278 29 350.2 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14086 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 283 38 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16626 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 308 21 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.90 m Freezing level: 628.92 mb = 4022.34 m = 13196.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.27 mb = 3408.53 m = 11182.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.46 % Est. max temperature: 24.09 C = 75.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.03 mb = 1607.83 m = 5274.96 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2625.27 m = 8613.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 29.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.58 mb = 2298.79 m = 7541.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.58 mb = 3135.53 m = 10287.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.58 mb = 3369.27 m = 11053.92 ft B at Equ Level: 18.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 611.58 mb = 4239.97 m = 13910.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.3 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 62.3 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -6.8 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.32 Bulk Shear: 8.01 m/s