MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208091200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 10 AUG 22 Station: 46.18,-103.43 Latitude: 46.18 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 107 1 950 567 SFC 914 915 31.5 11.0 28 20.5 18.1 88 12 312.6 314.4 294.5 340.8 9.08 3 900 1051 29.4 10.3 30 19.1 17.0 90 13 311.8 313.5 294.0 338.8 8.75 4 850 1556 24.4 9.4 39 15.0 14.8 94 14 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.7 8.73 5 800 2082 19.9 4.7 37 15.2 10.9 107 8 312.4 313.6 292.6 333.3 6.72 6 750 2634 16.3 -3.5 25 19.8 6.1 313 3 314.3 315.1 290.8 326.9 3.94 7 700 3214 11.3 -5.5 30 16.7 3.1 315 8 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.6 3.63 8 650 3826 6.2 -8.4 34 14.6 -0.4 325 18 316.0 316.6 290.6 326.1 3.12 9 600 4476 1.0 -15.3 28 16.3 -5.2 314 20 317.3 317.6 289.9 323.7 1.94 10 550 5169 -2.9 -29.8 11 26.9 -9.9 306 18 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.59 11 500 5917 -7.7 -29.5 16 21.8 -13.2 298 20 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.1 0.67 12 450 6728 -12.3 -42.0 6 29.7 -17.5 306 26 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.21 13 400 7615 -19.1 -38.7 16 19.6 -22.4 304 37 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.34 14 350 8594 -26.1 -39.6 27 13.5 -28.0 301 47 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.9 0.35 15 300 9691 -34.3 -43.8 38 9.5 -35.3 293 53 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.1 0.26 16 250 10950 -40.8 -67.8 4 27.0 -41.8 299 56 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 17 200 12427 -52.5 -70.2 10 17.7 -52.8 293 54 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14244 -62.0 -78.1 10 16.1 -62.1 276 39 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16739 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 280 16 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.03 m Freezing level: 587.22 mb = 4652.86 m = 15265.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.65 mb = 3754.83 m = 12318.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.30 mb = 3474.16 m = 11398.03 ft T: 9.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.96 mb = 4016.17 m = 13176.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.20 C = 95.35 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.06 C Cross Totals Index: 17.04 C K Index: 24.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.13 mb = 3512.89 m = 11525.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.13 mb = 5759.44 m = 18895.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 480.13 mb = 6229.04 m = 20436.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.13 mb = 6725.86 m = 22066.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.4 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 346.4 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: -9.7 tot: 53.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 93.26 m/s