MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.14,-103.43 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 547 SFC 912 915 30.3 12.2 33 18.0 18.2 150 7 311.5 313.4 294.8 341.9 9.86 3 900 1030 28.8 10.9 33 17.9 17.1 153 8 311.1 312.9 294.1 339.3 9.14 4 850 1533 23.8 9.8 41 14.0 14.8 158 9 311.1 312.8 294.0 338.6 8.96 5 800 2058 18.7 8.9 53 9.8 12.5 164 9 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.7 8.98 6 750 2607 13.2 7.9 70 5.4 9.9 168 10 311.0 312.6 293.9 338.4 8.94 7 700 3184 9.5 4.0 68 5.6 6.3 242 18 313.0 314.4 293.2 335.7 7.28 8 650 3794 5.6 -8.3 36 13.9 -0.7 269 28 315.3 315.9 290.4 325.5 3.15 9 600 4442 0.1 -10.8 44 10.9 -4.4 280 35 316.3 316.8 290.4 325.4 2.79 10 550 5132 -5.0 -17.5 37 12.5 -9.3 279 37 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.1 1.76 11 500 5874 -9.7 -24.7 28 15.0 -13.8 276 37 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.8 1.03 12 450 6679 -14.2 -28.0 30 13.8 -17.6 280 36 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.4 0.85 13 400 7562 -20.2 -30.3 40 10.1 -22.4 285 36 328.7 328.8 292.1 331.5 0.77 14 350 8536 -27.5 -40.1 29 12.7 -29.1 290 39 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.33 15 300 9626 -36.0 -51.0 20 15.0 -37.1 289 41 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.12 16 250 10863 -47.0 -55.7 37 8.6 -47.4 296 45 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.08 17 200 12298 -59.1 -64.5 49 5.5 -59.2 302 52 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.03 18 150 14094 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 279 38 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16651 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 251 15 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.74 m Freezing level: 598.59 mb = 4461.28 m = 14636.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.90 mb = 3732.58 m = 12245.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.18 mb = 3169.72 m = 10399.22 ft T: 9.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.45 mb = 3713.16 m = 12182.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.64 C = 92.56 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 37.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 484.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.44 mb = 3273.33 m = 10739.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.44 mb = 4210.16 m = 13812.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.44 mb = 12062.94 m = 39576.10 ft B at Equ Level: 483.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.44 mb = 13791.98 m = 45248.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 4.24 Bulk Shear: 114.25 m/s