MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208021200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 3 AUG 22 Station: 46.16,-103.56 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 1 950 445 SFC 901 925 32.7 7.6 21 25.1 16.8 267 11 315.1 316.5 293.8 338.0 7.28 3 900 933 32.3 7.2 21 25.1 16.5 266 11 314.8 316.1 293.6 337.0 7.09 4 850 1441 27.0 6.0 26 21.0 14.1 271 16 314.4 315.8 293.3 336.1 6.91 5 800 1971 22.0 5.0 33 17.0 11.7 284 20 314.6 315.9 293.3 336.1 6.85 6 750 2526 17.0 4.0 42 12.9 9.3 298 22 315.0 316.3 293.4 336.4 6.82 7 700 3108 11.4 2.8 56 8.6 6.5 297 24 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.2 6.70 8 650 3721 6.1 -1.5 58 7.5 2.1 293 25 315.8 316.8 292.4 332.6 5.29 9 600 4371 1.7 -13.2 32 14.9 -4.3 278 29 318.1 318.5 290.5 325.7 2.30 10 550 5066 -2.5 -21.6 22 19.1 -8.7 275 34 321.1 321.4 290.4 325.4 1.24 11 500 5815 -7.1 -31.3 13 24.2 -13.0 280 37 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.4 0.56 12 450 6627 -12.4 -34.8 13 22.4 -17.0 283 40 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.44 13 400 7514 -19.1 -46.1 7 27.0 -22.7 284 44 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.15 14 350 8493 -25.6 -39.1 27 13.5 -27.6 281 57 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.37 15 300 9593 -33.5 -40.5 49 7.0 -34.3 263 65 338.2 338.2 294.2 339.6 0.37 16 250 10843 -45.0 -49.9 58 4.9 -45.3 261 69 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.16 17 200 12295 -55.7 -65.8 27 10.0 -55.9 265 75 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14102 -61.4 -79.3 8 17.9 -61.6 274 67 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16607 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 271 31 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.38 m Freezing level: 579.92 mb = 4650.28 m = 15256.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.64 mb = 3928.19 m = 12887.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.27 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 625.17 mb = 4037.42 m = 13245.97 ft T: 3.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.05 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.04 mb = 4504.88 m = 14779.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.15 C Cross Totals Index: 13.13 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4418.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.38 mb = 4060.68 m = 13322.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 31.53 m/s