MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208201200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 21 AUG 22 Station: 46.14,-103.51 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 550 SFC 911 921 26.8 10.8 37 16.0 16.5 144 11 308.1 309.7 293.1 335.3 8.94 3 900 1027 25.0 10.2 39 14.7 15.6 145 12 307.2 308.9 292.7 333.7 8.73 4 850 1524 20.0 9.4 50 10.6 13.4 148 13 307.1 308.8 292.7 333.6 8.75 5 800 2043 15.0 8.3 64 6.7 10.9 150 13 307.1 308.8 292.6 333.3 8.65 6 750 2584 10.3 4.6 68 5.7 7.1 171 10 307.8 309.1 291.6 329.6 7.13 7 700 3156 8.1 -4.4 41 12.5 2.1 227 8 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.0 3.95 8 650 3764 5.6 -17.4 17 23.0 -2.9 241 3 315.3 315.6 288.8 320.3 1.50 9 600 4415 3.2 -42.0 2 45.2 -6.7 9 4 319.8 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.16 10 550 5111 -2.3 -35.0 6 32.7 -10.0 348 7 321.4 321.4 289.6 322.7 0.35 11 500 5860 -7.9 -37.8 7 29.9 -14.0 349 9 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.29 12 450 6669 -13.2 -36.1 13 22.9 -17.7 5 16 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.39 13 400 7553 -20.2 -32.9 31 12.8 -22.6 354 18 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.0 0.60 14 350 8525 -28.4 -36.2 47 7.8 -29.6 345 19 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.3 0.49 15 300 9611 -37.0 -46.8 35 9.9 -37.7 357 22 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 16 250 10845 -46.8 -54.0 43 7.2 -47.1 3 30 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 17 200 12293 -54.3 -64.7 27 10.3 -54.6 339 23 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14124 -57.2 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 315 18 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16669 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 303 14 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.23 m Freezing level: 570.92 mb = 4820.04 m = 15813.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.97 mb = 3406.70 m = 11176.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.04 mb = 2922.37 m = 9587.72 ft T: 9.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.91 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.75 mb = 3843.01 m = 12608.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.39 C = 93.90 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5283.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.91 mb = 2866.52 m = 9404.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 93.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 27.65 m/s