MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208121200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208121200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 13 AUG 22 Station: 46.11,-103.56 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 539 SFC 910 926 32.9 11.1 26 21.7 18.5 14 8 314.4 316.2 295.0 343.0 9.18 3 900 1026 31.2 10.6 28 20.7 17.7 12 8 313.7 315.4 294.7 341.5 8.93 4 850 1534 26.2 9.5 35 16.7 15.4 6 9 313.6 315.2 294.6 340.9 8.81 5 800 2063 21.1 8.7 45 12.4 13.2 0 9 313.6 315.3 294.6 341.2 8.86 6 750 2616 15.6 7.6 59 8.0 10.6 354 9 313.6 315.2 294.5 340.8 8.77 7 700 3197 10.3 4.3 66 6.0 6.8 341 14 313.9 315.3 293.6 337.2 7.45 8 650 3809 6.9 -12.3 24 19.2 -1.2 341 20 316.7 317.2 290.0 324.3 2.28 9 600 4461 3.0 -10.5 36 13.5 -2.9 337 18 319.6 320.1 291.5 329.0 2.87 10 550 5160 -1.4 -13.3 40 11.9 -6.2 317 19 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.9 2.50 11 500 5912 -6.4 -19.1 36 12.7 -10.8 295 20 325.2 325.6 292.0 331.0 1.68 12 450 6725 -12.5 -19.1 58 6.6 -14.6 293 20 327.5 327.9 292.8 334.0 1.88 13 400 7616 -17.4 -29.4 35 12.0 -20.2 287 21 332.4 332.5 293.2 335.4 0.84 14 350 8602 -24.6 -46.6 11 21.9 -27.3 290 29 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.17 15 300 9704 -32.5 -39.4 50 6.9 -33.4 275 41 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.2 0.42 16 250 10963 -42.7 -46.3 67 3.7 -42.9 262 48 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.24 17 200 12430 -54.1 -59.2 53 5.2 -54.2 268 57 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14233 -63.6 -79.5 10 15.9 -63.7 277 43 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16706 -65.1 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 303 16 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.86 m Freezing level: 565.75 mb = 4939.67 m = 16206.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.60 mb = 3712.76 m = 12180.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.85 mb = 3634.62 m = 11924.45 ft T: 7.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.93 mb = 4090.27 m = 13419.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.36 C = 97.45 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.58 C Cross Totals Index: 15.92 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.57 mb = 3613.22 m = 11854.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 500.57 mb = 5903.31 m = 19367.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.57 mb = 9010.07 m = 29560.24 ft B at Equ Level: 57.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.57 mb = 10677.03 m = 35029.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.8 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 355.8 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.42 Bulk Shear: 17.12 m/s