MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 14 AUG 22 Station: 46.16,-103.48 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 533 SFC 910 919 31.4 16.4 41 15.0 20.9 142 10 312.9 315.4 297.3 353.1 13.04 3 900 1019 30.6 15.5 40 15.1 20.1 144 13 313.1 315.4 297.0 351.4 12.43 4 850 1527 25.8 13.7 47 12.1 17.6 158 13 313.2 315.4 296.5 349.4 11.71 5 800 2056 20.7 12.4 59 8.3 15.2 173 13 313.2 315.4 296.3 348.5 11.41 6 750 2610 15.3 11.1 76 4.2 12.6 181 13 313.2 315.3 296.1 347.8 11.18 7 700 3190 9.8 9.0 94 0.9 9.3 203 14 313.4 315.4 295.6 345.4 10.34 8 650 3803 5.9 4.1 88 1.8 4.8 257 19 315.6 317.2 294.4 340.4 7.90 9 600 4455 2.2 -0.3 84 2.5 0.9 294 21 318.7 319.9 294.0 338.8 6.28 10 550 5153 -1.9 -5.0 79 3.1 -3.4 319 16 321.8 322.8 293.7 337.5 4.80 11 500 5906 -6.2 -11.7 65 5.5 -8.5 298 15 325.5 326.2 293.3 336.1 3.13 12 450 6720 -12.6 -16.6 72 4.0 -14.0 280 18 327.4 327.8 293.2 335.3 2.32 13 400 7608 -18.3 -27.9 43 9.6 -20.6 272 22 331.2 331.4 293.0 334.7 0.96 14 350 8591 -25.3 -33.4 47 8.1 -26.8 270 25 334.7 334.8 293.6 337.1 0.65 15 300 9692 -33.0 -37.2 66 4.2 -33.6 275 43 338.9 339.0 294.5 340.9 0.52 16 250 10952 -42.2 -45.4 71 3.2 -42.5 271 59 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12417 -53.2 -62.5 32 9.2 -53.5 283 58 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.04 18 150 14230 -63.1 -81.2 7 18.0 -63.3 277 48 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16700 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 304 8 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.04 m Freezing level: 572.96 mb = 4832.35 m = 15853.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.64 mb = 4594.52 m = 15073.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.45 mb = 2809.20 m = 9216.42 ft T: 13.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 900.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.67 mb = 3027.59 m = 9932.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 44.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1282.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.81 mb = 3002.45 m = 9850.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.81 mb = 3061.41 m = 10043.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.81 mb = 12713.41 m = 41710.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1273.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.81 mb = 16074.59 m = 52737.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 17.95 Bulk Shear: 71.49 m/s