MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 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 140 1 950 588 SFC 916 909 24.5 12.4 47 12.2 16.6 119 2 305.2 307.1 293.0 334.9 9.90 3 900 1062 22.9 11.6 49 11.3 15.6 116 3 305.1 306.8 292.7 333.7 9.55 4 850 1556 18.1 10.6 62 7.5 13.3 108 3 305.1 306.8 292.7 333.5 9.47 5 800 2071 13.1 9.8 80 3.3 11.0 101 4 305.1 306.9 292.7 333.8 9.56 6 750 2610 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 88 6 305.4 307.0 292.3 332.2 8.91 7 700 3175 3.4 -0.6 75 4.1 1.4 93 9 306.3 307.3 289.5 322.3 5.22 8 650 3772 0.9 -13.3 34 14.1 -4.5 103 12 310.0 310.4 287.7 316.8 2.11 9 600 4410 -2.5 -16.1 34 13.6 -7.3 77 8 313.2 313.6 288.5 319.2 1.82 10 550 5096 -6.1 -26.9 18 20.7 -11.6 77 9 316.8 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.77 11 500 5835 -10.7 -14.3 75 3.6 -12.0 57 7 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.5 2.53 12 450 6638 -16.0 -18.1 84 2.1 -16.7 30 7 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.1 2.04 13 400 7514 -21.2 -28.1 53 7.0 -22.7 65 5 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.9 0.94 14 350 8483 -28.9 -40.9 31 11.9 -30.4 30 6 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.31 15 300 9564 -38.7 -47.1 41 8.4 -39.3 325 10 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.18 16 250 10786 -49.8 -54.2 60 4.4 -50.0 252 10 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.10 17 200 12209 -57.4 -65.6 34 8.3 -57.5 267 11 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14050 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 282 21 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16611 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.5 302 13 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.87 m Freezing level: 636.89 mb = 3939.43 m = 12924.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.33 mb = 3310.20 m = 10860.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.25 % Est. max temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.97 mb = 2433.65 m = 7984.33 ft T: 9.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.69 mb = 2513.36 m = 8245.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 295.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.31 mb = 2484.64 m = 8151.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.31 mb = 2539.63 m = 8332.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.31 mb = 11145.35 m = 36565.68 ft B at Equ Level: 285.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.31 mb = 12662.95 m = 41544.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.6 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 110.6 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -1.5 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 95.80 Bulk Shear: 3.09 m/s