MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208211200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 22 AUG 22 Station: 46.11,-103.48 Latitude: 46.11 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 69 1 950 531 SFC 910 919 32.1 8.2 23 23.9 16.9 164 5 313.6 315.0 293.6 336.9 7.49 3 900 1017 30.5 7.5 24 23.0 16.1 167 5 313.0 314.4 293.2 335.5 7.25 4 850 1522 25.6 6.9 30 18.7 14.0 177 5 312.9 314.3 293.3 335.8 7.34 5 800 2050 20.4 5.6 38 14.8 11.4 187 5 312.9 314.2 293.1 335.1 7.12 6 750 2602 15.1 4.8 50 10.2 9.0 198 5 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.4 7.22 7 700 3180 9.4 3.7 67 5.7 6.1 206 5 312.9 314.2 293.1 335.1 7.13 8 650 3789 5.9 -15.6 20 21.5 -2.4 315 9 315.6 315.9 289.2 321.4 1.74 9 600 4441 3.1 -34.2 4 37.3 -6.4 283 10 319.7 319.8 289.0 321.0 0.35 10 550 5138 -1.7 -34.4 6 32.7 -9.6 270 11 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.37 11 500 5888 -7.1 -26.6 19 19.5 -12.5 260 10 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.87 12 450 6699 -13.3 -30.9 21 17.7 -17.3 280 9 326.5 326.7 291.4 328.9 0.64 13 400 7584 -19.2 -42.2 11 23.0 -22.6 314 9 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.23 14 350 8561 -27.0 -42.7 21 15.7 -28.9 307 15 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.25 15 300 9652 -35.8 -47.5 29 11.7 -36.8 294 18 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.17 16 250 10891 -46.3 -58.4 24 12.1 -46.7 296 23 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.06 17 200 12332 -57.7 -62.9 52 5.2 -57.8 278 24 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 14140 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 285 17 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16678 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 286 9 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.02 m Freezing level: 567.81 mb = 4889.68 m = 16042.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.37 mb = 3609.61 m = 11842.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 642.22 mb = 3887.39 m = 12753.76 ft T: 5.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.43 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.15 mb = 4696.40 m = 15407.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.88 C = 101.98 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.64 C Cross Totals Index: 13.95 C K Index: 33.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4690.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.68 mb = 3868.90 m = 12693.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -158.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 10.88 m/s