MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 144 1 950 583 SFC 915 907 15.6 9.6 67 6.0 12.0 319 3 296.2 297.7 288.8 320.1 8.23 3 900 1048 18.8 7.7 48 11.1 12.2 3 11 300.9 302.3 289.6 322.7 7.33 4 850 1536 16.0 7.1 56 8.9 10.7 48 8 302.9 304.2 290.3 325.2 7.46 5 800 2048 11.0 9.9 93 1.1 10.3 71 9 302.9 304.6 292.1 331.4 9.59 6 750 2584 7.5 6.3 92 1.2 6.8 79 10 304.7 306.2 291.4 328.9 8.02 7 700 3149 4.1 3.2 94 0.9 3.7 103 9 307.1 308.3 291.2 328.1 6.92 8 650 3749 0.9 -1.8 83 2.6 -0.4 115 6 309.9 310.9 290.6 326.0 5.17 9 600 4388 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.5 77 3 313.0 313.8 291.0 327.6 4.63 10 550 5073 -6.4 -8.9 83 2.5 -7.5 29 4 316.4 317.1 291.1 327.9 3.55 11 500 5813 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.7 -11.4 348 5 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.95 12 450 6615 -16.1 -18.8 79 2.8 -16.9 9 3 323.0 323.4 291.6 329.6 1.92 13 400 7492 -20.8 -27.9 53 7.1 -22.4 319 4 328.0 328.2 292.1 331.4 0.96 14 350 8463 -28.7 -36.0 50 7.2 -29.8 269 5 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.9 0.51 15 300 9544 -39.0 -43.7 61 4.7 -39.4 240 5 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 16 250 10762 -49.9 -53.9 62 4.1 -50.0 243 8 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.10 17 200 12201 -53.0 -69.3 12 16.3 -53.3 270 20 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14058 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 281 41 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16601 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 304 19 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.19 m Freezing level: 637.98 mb = 3902.42 m = 12803.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.47 mb = 3680.97 m = 12076.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.33 % Est. max temperature: 23.38 C = 74.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.96 mb = 1676.92 m = 5501.65 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 5.37 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.67 mb = 2990.55 m = 9811.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.55 C = 77.99 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: 3.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: 2.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7888.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.64 mb = 2455.70 m = 8056.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 59.5 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 89.5 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.71 Bulk Shear: 5.47 m/s