MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 9 AUG 22 Station: 46.16,-103.43 Latitude: 46.16 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 70 1 950 532 SFC 910 915 31.9 5.3 19 26.6 15.7 185 9 313.4 314.6 292.4 332.7 6.15 3 900 1016 30.3 4.1 19 26.2 14.7 186 10 312.8 313.8 291.9 330.7 5.72 4 850 1521 25.3 3.1 24 22.1 12.4 193 11 312.6 313.7 291.8 330.3 5.64 5 800 2048 20.1 2.5 31 17.6 10.0 200 11 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.6 5.75 6 750 2599 14.8 1.6 41 13.2 7.4 210 11 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.6 5.73 7 700 3176 10.0 -2.2 42 12.2 3.7 269 13 313.6 314.4 291.2 328.2 4.64 8 650 3789 7.1 -7.6 34 14.8 0.3 294 19 317.0 317.7 291.1 327.8 3.31 9 600 4441 2.9 -11.8 33 14.7 -3.3 287 19 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.1 2.59 10 550 5139 -1.9 -16.4 32 14.5 -7.2 288 19 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.4 1.93 11 500 5890 -6.8 -22.8 27 16.0 -11.7 286 22 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.1 1.23 12 450 6704 -11.6 -31.8 17 20.2 -16.3 278 23 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.59 13 400 7594 -18.3 -40.0 13 21.7 -21.8 270 24 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.4 0.29 14 350 8573 -26.7 -44.9 16 18.2 -28.8 273 20 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.20 15 300 9664 -36.5 -50.3 23 13.8 -37.4 262 26 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 16 250 10905 -43.7 -63.7 9 20.0 -44.4 285 34 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 17 200 12385 -48.6 -77.8 2 29.3 -49.1 293 55 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 18 150 14223 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.8 288 44 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16717 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 291 23 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.29 m Freezing level: 569.52 mb = 4866.76 m = 15966.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.39 mb = 3834.10 m = 12578.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 617.37 mb = 4208.62 m = 13807.62 ft T: 4.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 2.82 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 537.89 mb = 5314.40 m = 17435.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.83 C = 105.50 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 4.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 9.90 C K Index: 22.93 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6616.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.32 mb = 4262.25 m = 13983.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 45.59 m/s