MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 2 AUG 22 Station: 46.16,-103.51 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 1 950 465 SFC 904 921 36.3 3.5 13 32.8 16.4 299 13 318.6 319.6 293.3 336.1 5.46 3 900 957 35.6 2.9 13 32.6 16.0 299 13 318.2 319.2 293.0 335.0 5.25 4 850 1470 30.3 1.8 16 28.5 13.6 298 16 317.9 318.9 292.9 334.4 5.13 5 800 2006 25.1 0.7 20 24.4 11.2 297 16 317.9 318.9 292.8 334.1 5.04 6 750 2565 19.7 -0.2 26 19.9 8.6 296 16 317.9 318.9 292.8 334.0 5.01 7 700 3152 14.0 -1.2 35 15.2 5.7 295 16 317.9 318.9 292.8 334.0 5.00 8 650 3770 7.9 -2.5 48 10.4 2.5 294 16 317.9 318.8 292.7 333.6 4.89 9 600 4422 1.6 -4.6 63 6.2 -1.4 293 15 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.6 4.53 10 550 5117 -2.9 -25.6 16 22.7 -9.5 290 20 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.7 0.87 11 500 5863 -8.5 -26.0 23 17.5 -13.3 294 25 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.8 0.92 12 450 6671 -13.9 -29.6 25 15.7 -17.6 296 28 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.4 0.73 13 400 7555 -19.2 -47.4 6 28.3 -22.9 300 36 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 14 350 8533 -26.2 -54.5 5 28.3 -28.7 297 46 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.07 15 300 9625 -36.0 -49.1 25 13.2 -37.0 295 50 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.15 16 250 10869 -44.1 -65.3 8 21.2 -44.7 296 64 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.02 17 200 12335 -52.6 -69.6 11 16.9 -52.9 296 74 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14155 -60.9 -77.9 9 16.9 -61.1 290 54 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16667 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.5 271 26 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.78 m Freezing level: 582.04 mb = 4671.82 m = 15327.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.40 mb = 4175.96 m = 13700.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.03 % Est. max temperature: 35.69 C = 96.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 561.77 mb = 4948.05 m = 16233.56 ft T: -1.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 12.41 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 535.94 mb = 5319.92 m = 17453.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.86 C = 101.94 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 0.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.89 C Cross Totals Index: 10.37 C K Index: 25.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4397.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 558.99 mb = 4987.67 m = 16363.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.7 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 324.7 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -2.6 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 2.68 m/s