MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 5 AUG 22 Station: 46.14,-103.48 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 1 950 464 SFC 904 919 36.9 4.9 14 32.1 17.1 193 10 319.2 320.4 293.9 338.4 6.00 3 900 957 36.1 3.9 13 32.2 16.4 193 11 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8 5.62 4 850 1472 30.9 2.7 17 28.2 14.1 199 13 318.5 319.5 293.3 336.0 5.46 5 800 2008 25.6 2.3 22 23.3 11.9 203 13 318.5 319.6 293.5 336.6 5.66 6 750 2569 20.1 1.3 29 18.8 9.3 208 14 318.4 319.5 293.4 336.4 5.61 7 700 3157 14.4 0.1 38 14.3 6.5 213 14 318.5 319.6 293.4 336.2 5.53 8 650 3776 8.4 -1.0 51 9.4 3.3 218 15 318.5 319.5 293.3 336.0 5.47 9 600 4430 2.1 -2.2 73 4.3 -0.2 225 15 318.5 319.6 293.3 336.0 5.44 10 550 5125 -3.3 -12.6 49 9.2 -7.0 267 20 320.1 320.6 291.4 328.9 2.65 11 500 5874 -6.3 -44.7 3 38.4 -13.2 285 28 325.4 325.4 290.6 325.9 0.14 12 450 6689 -11.6 -40.3 7 28.7 -16.9 282 38 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.25 13 400 7579 -18.4 -32.5 28 14.1 -21.2 284 43 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.62 14 350 8562 -24.8 -41.0 21 16.2 -27.1 289 50 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.5 0.30 15 300 9663 -33.8 -47.1 25 13.4 -35.0 288 55 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.18 16 250 10912 -44.4 -51.8 44 7.3 -44.9 288 61 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.13 17 200 12370 -54.4 -65.3 25 11.0 -54.6 291 66 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14180 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 276 52 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16666 -64.5 -85.3 4 20.8 -64.6 258 31 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5878.18 m Freezing level: 580.83 mb = 4696.78 m = 15409.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.26 mb = 4399.76 m = 14434.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.29 % Est. max temperature: 36.17 C = 97.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 568.16 mb = 4865.89 m = 15964.02 ft T: -1.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.67 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.83 mb = 5084.26 m = 16680.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.76 C = 99.97 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.13 C Cross Totals Index: 8.95 C K Index: 25.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4388.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 563.75 mb = 4928.16 m = 16168.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 32.93 m/s