MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 19 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 103 1 950 556 SFC 912 919 25.8 8.8 34 16.9 15.2 354 13 306.9 308.4 291.9 330.7 7.83 3 900 1031 23.9 8.5 37 15.4 14.4 354 15 306.1 307.6 291.6 329.6 7.75 4 850 1525 18.9 7.4 47 11.6 12.0 352 16 306.0 307.4 291.4 329.0 7.60 5 800 2041 13.8 6.4 61 7.4 9.5 350 16 305.9 307.3 291.4 328.8 7.58 6 750 2581 8.6 5.3 80 3.3 6.7 348 15 305.9 307.2 291.3 328.4 7.46 7 700 3147 5.6 -12.2 26 17.8 -1.5 334 24 308.7 309.1 287.3 315.6 2.13 8 650 3750 3.8 -21.5 14 25.3 -4.5 332 27 313.3 313.5 287.7 316.8 1.05 9 600 4395 0.2 -18.9 22 19.2 -6.3 330 30 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.2 1.43 10 550 5087 -3.5 -22.9 21 19.3 -9.5 327 33 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.7 1.10 11 500 5833 -8.6 -22.8 31 14.2 -12.8 324 37 322.5 322.8 290.8 326.8 1.22 12 450 6639 -14.8 -29.0 29 14.2 -18.1 322 38 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.4 0.77 13 400 7517 -21.9 -34.3 32 12.4 -24.1 323 38 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.4 0.52 14 350 8483 -29.8 -41.2 32 11.4 -31.2 328 43 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.30 15 300 9562 -38.3 -47.9 36 9.5 -39.0 331 56 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.17 16 250 10791 -47.0 -56.6 33 9.6 -47.4 327 66 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12242 -53.6 -68.4 15 14.8 -53.8 323 67 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14086 -55.6 -83.0 2 27.5 -55.9 328 47 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16647 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.8 342 24 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.98 m Freezing level: 596.83 mb = 4438.96 m = 14563.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.17 mb = 3040.10 m = 9973.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.51 mb = 3024.52 m = 9922.85 ft T: 6.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.18 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.90 mb = 3801.15 m = 12470.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.15 C = 89.88 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 2.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 15.99 C K Index: 17.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6355.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.66 mb = 2965.32 m = 9728.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.3 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 1.3 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 26.61 m/s