MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 AUG 22 Station: 46.02,-103.48 Latitude: 46.02 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 138 1 950 585 SFC 914 917 21.3 15.7 70 5.6 17.6 134 9 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.7 12.40 3 900 1054 19.7 15.3 76 4.3 16.8 135 11 301.8 304.0 293.8 338.0 12.27 4 850 1543 14.9 14.1 95 0.7 14.4 137 12 301.7 303.9 293.6 337.2 12.02 5 800 2056 13.6 9.1 74 4.5 10.9 179 7 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.1 9.11 6 750 2598 11.2 5.5 68 5.7 7.9 226 5 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.9 7.57 7 700 3171 7.1 3.9 80 3.2 5.3 245 7 310.4 311.7 292.4 332.7 7.25 8 650 3776 2.7 1.6 93 1.1 2.1 255 10 312.0 313.3 292.4 332.7 6.64 9 600 4420 -1.1 -1.9 94 0.8 -1.5 248 10 314.9 316.0 292.4 332.5 5.57 10 550 5109 -3.8 -8.4 70 4.6 -5.8 207 5 319.6 320.4 292.2 331.7 3.70 11 500 5858 -7.9 -15.5 54 7.6 -10.7 182 4 323.4 323.9 292.0 331.2 2.29 12 450 6667 -13.6 -17.2 74 3.6 -14.9 243 5 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.6 2.20 13 400 7551 -20.0 -27.4 52 7.4 -21.7 274 9 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.6 1.00 14 350 8526 -27.6 -35.3 48 7.6 -28.8 273 10 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.5 0.54 15 300 9612 -36.5 -40.2 69 3.7 -37.0 289 16 333.9 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.38 16 250 10852 -46.3 -49.7 68 3.4 -46.4 270 33 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12287 -60.0 -64.0 60 4.0 -60.0 268 40 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.04 18 150 14098 -57.6 -81.1 4 23.5 -57.9 296 38 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16634 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 303 19 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.96 m Freezing level: 614.07 mb = 4238.55 m = 13905.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.70 mb = 4147.00 m = 13605.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.30 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.06 mb = 1622.83 m = 5324.20 ft T: 14.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 6.87 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2344.05 m = 7690.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.90 mb = 1745.89 m = 5727.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.90 mb = 3348.82 m = 10986.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.90 mb = 5627.22 m = 18461.78 ft B at Equ Level: 62.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.90 mb = 12780.91 m = 41931.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.37 Bulk Shear: 18.52 m/s