MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208101200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208101200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 11 AUG 22 Station: 46.2,-103.46 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 576 SFC 914 918 30.0 14.3 38 15.7 19.3 118 15 311.0 313.2 295.7 345.7 11.31 3 900 1058 27.8 13.9 42 13.9 18.4 121 18 310.2 312.3 295.3 344.2 11.15 4 850 1561 22.8 13.1 54 9.8 16.3 126 20 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.2 11.18 5 800 2085 18.4 11.7 65 6.7 14.0 154 21 310.8 312.8 295.3 344.1 10.87 6 750 2640 19.0 3.3 35 15.6 9.7 238 14 317.2 318.4 293.8 337.8 6.50 7 700 3226 13.6 1.1 42 12.5 6.5 245 14 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.5 5.94 8 650 3844 7.9 -1.1 53 9.0 3.1 258 16 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.3 5.43 9 600 4497 1.8 -5.8 57 7.5 -1.9 274 16 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.6 4.15 10 550 5192 -2.1 -30.6 9 28.4 -9.6 287 13 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.5 0.55 11 500 5943 -5.5 -36.6 7 31.1 -12.4 293 17 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.33 12 450 6761 -10.7 -24.1 32 13.4 -14.6 292 22 329.8 330.0 292.8 334.1 1.21 13 400 7655 -16.7 -26.5 42 9.9 -19.3 296 29 333.3 333.5 293.6 337.3 1.09 14 350 8644 -23.8 -32.5 44 8.8 -25.5 296 35 336.7 336.9 294.1 339.4 0.71 15 300 9750 -32.5 -36.5 67 4.1 -33.0 299 40 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.8 0.56 16 250 11009 -42.3 -47.8 55 5.4 -42.7 301 42 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.20 17 200 12477 -54.5 -59.0 58 4.5 -54.6 320 40 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14267 -65.3 -72.7 35 7.5 -65.3 300 41 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16738 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 308 15 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.88 m Freezing level: 577.41 mb = 4810.70 m = 15782.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.85 mb = 4244.52 m = 13925.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.62 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.84 mb = 2894.85 m = 9497.43 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 22.20 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.04 mb = 3703.60 m = 12150.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.66 C = 97.98 F Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.64 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.34 mb = 2830.77 m = 9287.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.34 mb = 4384.15 m = 14383.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.34 mb = 11052.55 m = 36261.20 ft B at Equ Level: 205.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.34 mb = 13549.06 m = 44451.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 1.53 Bulk Shear: 136.51 m/s