MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 150 1 950 598 SFC 917 909 21.4 13.5 61 7.9 16.3 128 1 302.0 303.9 292.7 333.5 10.67 3 900 1065 18.4 12.7 70 5.6 14.7 116 2 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.8 10.33 4 850 1553 14.6 12.0 84 2.6 12.9 108 6 301.4 303.3 292.3 332.1 10.39 5 800 2063 11.2 8.8 85 2.4 9.7 110 15 303.1 304.7 291.6 329.7 8.92 6 750 2599 7.7 4.4 79 3.3 5.8 106 13 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.1 6.99 7 700 3164 4.2 0.1 75 4.0 2.1 97 11 307.1 308.1 290.0 324.0 5.52 8 650 3764 0.5 -2.7 79 3.2 -1.0 98 12 309.6 310.5 290.2 324.6 4.84 9 600 4402 -3.0 -3.6 96 0.6 -3.3 95 7 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.1 4.90 10 550 5086 -6.9 -8.1 91 1.2 -7.4 78 6 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.1 3.77 11 500 5826 -10.6 -12.5 86 1.9 -11.3 59 4 320.2 320.7 291.7 329.8 2.93 12 450 6629 -16.0 -19.2 76 3.2 -17.0 72 4 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.87 13 400 7505 -21.2 -27.7 56 6.5 -22.7 73 6 327.4 327.6 292.0 331.0 0.98 14 350 8474 -29.0 -37.8 42 8.9 -30.2 49 3 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.3 0.42 15 300 9554 -39.0 -44.0 59 5.0 -39.4 269 9 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.26 16 250 10774 -50.2 -54.0 63 3.9 -50.3 247 11 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 17 200 12202 -55.6 -66.9 23 11.2 -55.8 257 11 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 14055 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 277 25 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16609 -61.6 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 303 16 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.58 m Freezing level: 642.44 mb = 3860.09 m = 12664.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3558.90 m = 11676.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.49 % Est. max temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.79 mb = 1898.38 m = 6228.20 ft T: 12.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.80 mb = 2148.56 m = 7048.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.76 C = 72.98 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.28 mb = 1903.73 m = 6245.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.28 mb = 2706.00 m = 8877.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.28 mb = 6791.26 m = 22280.77 ft B at Equ Level: 102.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.28 mb = 10766.28 m = 35322.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.1 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 125.1 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -8.6 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 26.79 Bulk Shear: 3.87 m/s