MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 AUG 22 Station: 46.07,-103.59 Latitude: 46.07 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 500 SFC 905 927 24.1 16.2 61 7.9 18.7 155 12 305.9 308.3 295.4 344.5 12.89 3 900 974 23.1 15.9 64 7.2 18.2 156 13 305.3 307.7 295.1 343.4 12.75 4 850 1469 18.0 14.7 81 3.3 15.8 159 15 305.0 307.4 294.9 342.4 12.50 5 800 1988 18.1 7.7 50 10.5 11.7 248 9 310.5 312.0 293.3 335.8 8.24 6 750 2537 14.0 4.3 52 9.7 8.3 280 11 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.4 6.98 7 700 3115 10.2 -1.5 44 11.7 4.1 286 16 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.90 8 650 3725 5.0 -2.2 60 7.2 1.3 280 19 314.6 315.6 291.9 330.5 5.01 9 600 4372 -0.1 -4.6 72 4.5 -2.3 276 22 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.5 4.54 10 550 5062 -5.5 -13.0 56 7.5 -8.4 271 23 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.0 2.56 11 500 5803 -9.8 -27.6 22 17.8 -14.3 270 30 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.79 12 450 6606 -15.8 -33.1 21 17.3 -19.3 268 36 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.52 13 400 7480 -23.2 -41.6 17 18.5 -25.6 264 31 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.25 14 350 8442 -30.9 -43.5 28 12.5 -32.2 254 23 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.23 15 300 9516 -38.6 -53.0 20 14.5 -39.4 244 26 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.09 16 250 10747 -45.7 -63.0 13 17.3 -46.2 249 31 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12217 -50.6 -75.5 4 24.9 -51.1 261 38 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14061 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 279 30 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16608 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 292 22 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.50 m Freezing level: 601.08 mb = 4358.20 m = 14298.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.69 mb = 3956.23 m = 12979.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.69 mb = 1927.67 m = 6324.29 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.06 mb = 2995.34 m = 9827.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 30.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1197.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.31 mb = 2167.59 m = 7111.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.31 mb = 3746.38 m = 12291.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.31 mb = 11062.79 m = 36294.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1191.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.31 mb = 14132.16 m = 46364.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.7 neg: -3.9 tot: 69.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 10.93 Bulk Shear: 109.59 m/s