MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208161200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208161200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 17 AUG 22 Station: 46.14,-103.48 Latitude: 46.14 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 94 1 950 554 SFC 912 919 31.3 8.7 25 22.6 16.9 98 6 312.5 314.0 293.4 336.6 7.75 3 900 1037 29.4 7.9 26 21.4 16.0 101 6 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.9 7.46 4 850 1541 24.4 7.0 33 17.4 13.7 106 5 311.7 313.1 293.0 334.7 7.42 5 800 2067 19.3 6.3 43 13.0 11.4 112 4 311.7 313.2 293.0 334.9 7.49 6 750 2616 13.9 5.2 56 8.7 8.8 123 4 311.7 313.1 293.0 334.7 7.42 7 700 3192 8.3 4.1 75 4.2 5.9 151 2 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.6 7.37 8 650 3799 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 306 10 312.4 313.5 291.9 330.7 5.85 9 600 4442 -1.3 -13.4 39 12.1 -6.0 328 20 314.6 315.0 289.3 322.0 2.26 10 550 5130 -4.9 -21.0 27 16.1 -9.9 335 20 318.3 318.5 289.6 322.7 1.30 11 500 5874 -8.9 -33.1 12 24.2 -14.3 331 25 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.47 12 450 6681 -14.0 -37.6 12 23.6 -18.3 322 30 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 13 400 7562 -20.9 -30.3 43 9.4 -22.8 317 27 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.6 0.77 14 350 8534 -28.0 -45.1 18 17.0 -29.9 325 24 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.20 15 300 9620 -37.5 -54.0 16 16.5 -38.4 323 28 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 16 250 10849 -47.7 -62.9 16 15.3 -48.1 324 29 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 17 200 12289 -55.4 -68.4 18 13.0 -55.6 297 44 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14120 -56.1 -81.7 3 25.6 -56.4 297 45 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16666 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 302 17 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.91 m Freezing level: 615.33 mb = 4245.10 m = 13927.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.67 mb = 3915.42 m = 12845.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.18 mb = 3721.72 m = 12210.21 ft T: 3.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3764.84 m = 12351.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.05 C = 87.90 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.27 C Cross Totals Index: 15.92 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.64 mb = 3703.48 m = 12150.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.64 mb = 3890.63 m = 12764.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.64 mb = 5832.43 m = 19135.04 ft B at Equ Level: 32.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.64 mb = 11313.49 m = 37117.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.0 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 1.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.32 Bulk Shear: 44.73 m/s