MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208221200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 23 AUG 22 Station: 46.14,-103.46 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 523 SFC 909 918 33.2 7.6 21 25.6 17.0 353 6 314.8 316.1 293.7 337.4 7.21 3 900 1011 31.9 6.9 21 25.0 16.3 352 6 314.3 315.7 293.3 336.1 6.94 4 850 1519 26.8 5.8 26 21.0 14.0 346 6 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.6 6.83 5 800 2048 21.6 4.9 34 16.7 11.6 341 6 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.6 6.82 6 750 2602 16.2 4.0 44 12.2 9.0 335 6 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.5 6.80 7 700 3183 10.5 3.1 60 7.4 6.3 329 6 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.6 6.86 8 650 3794 4.7 1.8 82 2.9 3.1 321 7 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.3 6.71 9 600 4440 -0.7 -2.0 91 1.3 -1.3 313 14 315.3 316.4 292.5 332.8 5.52 10 550 5130 -5.2 -6.8 88 1.7 -6.0 309 16 317.9 318.8 292.1 331.4 4.17 11 500 5873 -10.1 -12.3 84 2.2 -10.9 302 16 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.6 2.98 12 450 6677 -14.4 -19.1 67 4.7 -15.9 280 13 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.6 1.88 13 400 7561 -19.7 -26.4 55 6.7 -21.3 273 17 329.4 329.6 292.6 333.4 1.11 14 350 8537 -27.3 -32.0 64 4.7 -28.2 276 20 331.9 332.0 293.0 334.6 0.75 15 300 9626 -36.4 -41.2 61 4.8 -37.0 276 22 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.3 0.35 16 250 10862 -46.7 -52.5 52 5.8 -47.0 281 23 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.12 17 200 12303 -57.4 -65.1 37 7.7 -57.6 296 21 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 14107 -59.2 -79.8 5 20.6 -59.5 305 23 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16643 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 321 12 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.28 m Freezing level: 606.26 mb = 4359.10 m = 14301.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.11 mb = 4239.21 m = 13908.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 626.82 mb = 4086.84 m = 13408.12 ft T: 2.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 1.86 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.14 mb = 4186.44 m = 13734.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.88 C Cross Totals Index: 15.92 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 624.55 mb = 4116.14 m = 13504.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.55 mb = 4312.47 m = 14148.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.55 mb = 7384.02 m = 24225.50 ft B at Equ Level: 102.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.55 mb = 11700.30 m = 38386.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.0 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 342.0 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.81 Bulk Shear: 6.15 m/s