+ MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 18 AUG 22 Station: 46.07,-103.48 Latitude: 46.07 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 90 1 950 549 SFC 911 918 25.7 12.2 43 13.5 16.9 75 13 306.9 308.8 293.5 336.7 9.84 3 900 1026 24.5 11.2 43 13.3 16.0 79 17 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.9 9.31 4 850 1523 21.2 7.3 41 13.9 12.7 102 15 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.6 7.58 5 800 2045 18.5 5.1 41 13.5 10.6 99 6 310.9 312.2 292.3 332.2 6.88 6 750 2594 14.6 3.6 48 11.0 8.2 294 3 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.1 6.63 7 700 3173 10.0 1.7 56 8.3 5.4 289 11 313.5 314.7 292.5 332.9 6.18 8 650 3783 5.0 -0.1 70 5.0 2.2 290 18 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.1 5.86 9 600 4430 -0.1 -2.7 83 2.6 -1.4 293 24 316.0 317.0 292.4 332.6 5.22 10 550 5121 -4.9 -6.9 86 1.9 -5.8 299 34 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.7 4.15 11 500 5864 -10.0 -13.4 76 3.4 -11.3 302 38 320.9 321.4 291.7 329.9 2.71 12 450 6667 -15.8 -20.1 70 4.3 -17.1 308 37 323.4 323.7 291.5 329.3 1.73 13 400 7544 -22.1 -25.3 75 3.2 -22.8 310 32 326.3 326.6 291.9 330.6 1.23 14 350 8511 -29.3 -32.4 75 3.1 -29.9 311 27 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.72 15 300 9592 -38.4 -41.6 72 3.2 -38.7 311 25 331.3 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 16 250 10817 -49.1 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.3 318 25 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.12 17 200 12249 -55.4 -63.1 38 7.7 -55.6 334 54 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 18 150 14091 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 332 40 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16660 -58.2 -85.8 2 27.5 -58.6 338 24 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.62 m Freezing level: 601.22 mb = 4414.53 m = 14483.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.57 mb = 4170.75 m = 13683.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.11 mb = 2626.64 m = 8617.47 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.13 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.77 mb = 3873.50 m = 12708.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.35 C = 92.02 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.63 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 313.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.14 mb = 3134.99 m = 10285.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 508.14 mb = 5738.16 m = 18825.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.14 mb = 9633.95 m = 31607.07 ft B at Equ Level: 65.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.14 mb = 11404.11 m = 37414.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.5 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 333.5 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.2 neg: -16.5 tot: 130.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 173.02 m/s