MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208111200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 12 AUG 22 Station: 46.11,-103.43 Latitude: 46.11 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 52 1 950 513 SFC 909 914 34.4 17.4 37 17.0 22.2 132 7 316.1 318.7 298.6 359.5 13.91 3 900 1004 32.8 17.0 39 15.9 21.5 135 8 315.4 318.0 298.2 357.8 13.65 4 850 1515 27.8 15.9 48 11.9 19.4 145 9 315.3 317.8 298.1 357.2 13.48 5 800 2049 22.7 14.9 61 7.8 17.2 164 11 315.3 317.9 298.1 357.1 13.43 6 750 2608 19.0 11.7 63 7.2 14.1 213 20 317.2 319.4 297.4 353.6 11.62 7 700 3197 14.1 9.9 76 4.2 11.4 226 26 318.1 320.3 297.3 352.9 11.04 8 650 3818 9.3 3.9 69 5.5 6.1 232 28 319.5 321.0 295.4 344.4 7.79 9 600 4476 5.0 -4.5 50 9.5 0.1 245 29 321.9 322.8 293.5 336.8 4.56 10 550 5179 -0.7 -8.9 54 8.2 -4.4 253 27 323.2 323.9 293.0 334.9 3.54 11 500 5932 -6.6 -10.6 73 4.0 -8.3 263 26 325.0 325.6 293.4 336.4 3.40 12 450 6746 -11.8 -21.8 43 10.1 -14.9 260 28 328.5 328.7 292.7 333.7 1.48 13 400 7639 -16.8 -36.3 17 19.5 -20.5 260 31 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.8 0.43 14 350 8628 -23.5 -39.4 22 16.0 -25.9 270 28 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.5 0.36 15 300 9737 -31.6 -44.6 26 13.1 -33.0 261 27 340.9 341.0 294.8 341.9 0.24 16 250 11000 -41.7 -46.1 62 4.4 -42.1 258 25 344.0 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.24 17 200 12470 -54.0 -58.5 57 4.5 -54.1 283 31 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.07 18 150 14261 -65.9 -71.8 43 5.9 -66.0 278 32 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16721 -64.5 -85.3 4 20.8 -64.6 339 8 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.70 m Freezing level: 556.55 mb = 5087.05 m = 16689.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.50 mb = 4496.58 m = 14752.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.65 % Est. max temperature: 35.15 C = 95.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.79 mb = 3053.98 m = 10019.49 ft T: 15.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 24.53 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.59 mb = 3395.29 m = 11139.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.86 C = 98.35 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 46.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2281.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.66 mb = 3019.70 m = 9907.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.66 mb = 3693.99 m = 12119.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.66 mb = 14274.50 m = 46831.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2274.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 26.32 Bulk Shear: 86.67 m/s