MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208071200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 8 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 131 1 950 579 SFC 914 921 24.1 11.4 45 12.6 16.0 284 7 305.0 306.7 292.5 333.0 9.32 3 900 1051 21.8 10.9 50 11.0 14.9 285 8 304.0 305.7 292.0 331.2 9.10 4 850 1543 16.9 10.0 63 7.0 12.6 286 9 303.9 305.6 292.0 331.1 9.09 5 800 2056 11.9 8.9 82 3.0 10.0 288 10 303.8 305.5 291.9 330.6 8.96 6 750 2593 8.2 -0.6 54 8.8 3.7 311 18 305.5 306.4 288.9 320.4 4.87 7 700 3158 4.8 -8.3 38 13.1 -0.9 315 16 307.8 308.4 287.8 317.0 2.92 8 650 3759 2.0 -16.0 25 18.1 -4.5 326 17 311.3 311.6 287.7 316.8 1.68 9 600 4401 -0.6 -17.4 27 16.8 -6.5 327 20 315.5 315.8 289.0 320.9 1.63 10 550 5091 -4.2 -20.6 26 16.4 -9.5 326 25 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.7 1.35 11 500 5837 -7.6 -28.8 16 21.2 -13.0 324 31 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.3 0.71 12 450 6650 -11.3 -37.1 10 25.8 -16.5 329 37 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.35 13 400 7543 -17.4 -40.0 12 22.5 -21.2 329 44 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.5 0.30 14 350 8525 -25.5 -46.0 13 20.6 -27.9 320 50 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 15 300 9624 -33.4 -59.3 6 25.9 -35.0 317 49 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.04 16 250 10879 -42.2 -64.5 7 22.3 -43.0 297 43 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 12352 -52.6 -67.8 14 15.2 -52.9 268 49 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14183 -58.4 -76.7 8 18.3 -58.6 271 58 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16708 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.4 -62.7 261 31 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.57 m Freezing level: 610.91 mb = 4260.59 m = 13978.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.40 mb = 3048.82 m = 10002.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.47 mb = 2499.12 m = 8199.11 ft T: 8.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.21 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.24 mb = 2611.76 m = 8568.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 17.58 C K Index: 21.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6367.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.03 mb = 2427.59 m = 7964.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.8 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 350.8 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 30.44 m/s