MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508101200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508101200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 11 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 104 1 950 557 SFC 912 915 25.9 8.5 33 17.3 15.1 278 6 307.0 308.4 291.8 330.3 7.67 3 900 1032 24.1 7.4 34 16.8 14.0 277 7 306.4 307.7 291.2 328.2 7.18 4 850 1528 19.2 6.4 43 12.8 11.6 276 8 306.3 307.6 291.1 327.9 7.11 5 800 2044 14.2 5.5 56 8.6 9.2 276 9 306.3 307.6 291.1 327.8 7.11 6 750 2584 8.9 4.6 74 4.3 6.4 276 9 306.2 307.6 291.0 327.7 7.08 7 700 3150 4.2 -2.6 61 6.8 0.9 295 15 307.2 308.0 289.0 321.1 4.51 8 650 3749 0.8 -7.0 56 7.8 -2.7 305 16 309.8 310.5 289.0 320.8 3.48 9 600 4387 -3.2 -9.7 61 6.5 -5.9 290 17 312.4 313.0 289.4 322.2 3.05 10 550 5071 -6.8 -14.2 56 7.3 -9.5 294 17 316.0 316.4 289.9 323.6 2.32 11 500 5809 -10.6 -20.8 43 10.2 -13.7 297 16 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.1 1.46 12 450 6612 -15.6 -35.1 17 19.5 -19.3 289 16 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.2 0.43 13 400 7488 -22.0 -39.3 19 17.3 -24.5 309 15 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.32 14 350 8456 -29.1 -41.1 30 12.0 -30.5 335 18 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.30 15 300 9540 -37.2 -45.0 44 7.8 -37.8 356 28 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.23 16 250 10776 -46.2 -53.0 46 6.8 -46.5 7 40 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 17 200 12226 -54.9 -62.2 40 7.3 -55.1 14 39 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14062 -55.9 -79.8 3 23.9 -56.2 335 23 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16628 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 291 4 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.44 m Freezing level: 640.25 mb = 3873.66 m = 12708.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.43 mb = 3296.58 m = 10815.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.83 mb = 3070.42 m = 10073.43 ft T: 4.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 9.45 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.26 mb = 3275.09 m = 10744.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.85 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6793.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.52 mb = 3120.55 m = 10237.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 6.41 m/s