MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 15 AUG 22 Station: 46.07,-103.56 Latitude: 46.07 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 53 1 950 513 SFC 908 926 33.3 12.0 27 21.3 19.0 89 4 315.1 317.0 295.6 345.5 9.76 3 900 1002 32.1 11.6 29 20.5 18.5 87 3 314.6 316.4 295.4 344.5 9.60 4 850 1511 27.0 10.4 35 16.6 16.1 74 3 314.5 316.3 295.2 343.7 9.37 5 800 2041 21.9 9.6 46 12.3 13.9 59 3 314.5 316.3 295.3 343.8 9.42 6 750 2596 16.4 8.5 60 7.9 11.4 44 3 314.4 316.2 295.1 343.5 9.34 7 700 3178 10.8 7.3 79 3.5 8.6 30 4 314.5 316.2 295.1 343.2 9.23 8 650 3791 5.5 2.1 79 3.4 3.6 34 8 315.2 316.5 293.5 336.8 6.87 9 600 4441 1.2 -2.3 78 3.4 -0.6 29 9 317.5 318.5 293.0 334.7 5.40 10 550 5135 -3.3 -9.4 63 6.1 -6.0 347 8 320.2 320.8 292.1 331.4 3.40 11 500 5884 -7.0 -27.5 18 20.5 -12.5 307 11 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.3 0.80 12 450 6696 -12.6 -19.2 58 6.6 -14.7 281 16 327.4 327.8 292.7 333.9 1.86 13 400 7584 -18.9 -25.8 55 6.8 -20.7 261 20 330.4 330.6 292.9 334.6 1.17 14 350 8567 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.5 263 29 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.4 1.14 15 300 9672 -32.5 -35.4 75 2.9 -32.9 260 42 339.6 339.8 294.8 342.0 0.63 16 250 10928 -43.3 -47.0 67 3.7 -43.6 264 60 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.22 17 200 12393 -53.1 -60.5 40 7.3 -53.4 270 53 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.06 18 150 14204 -62.8 -74.2 20 11.4 -62.9 260 37 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16690 -63.2 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 249 11 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.80 m Freezing level: 586.91 mb = 4622.71 m = 15166.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.40 mb = 4341.30 m = 14242.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.49 mb = 3583.88 m = 11758.00 ft T: 7.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 16.51 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.40 mb = 3634.80 m = 11925.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.09 C Cross Totals Index: 17.45 C K Index: 41.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.93 mb = 3578.43 m = 11740.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.93 mb = 3766.49 m = 12357.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.93 mb = 11420.32 m = 37467.78 ft B at Equ Level: 481.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.93 mb = 13721.62 m = 45017.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.1 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 15.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -2.1 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 47.62 Bulk Shear: 10.28 m/s