MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208301200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 31 AUG 22 Station: 46.14,-103.40 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 565 SFC 914 911 30.9 6.2 21 24.7 15.8 300 4 311.9 313.2 292.3 332.2 6.51 3 900 1048 29.3 5.0 21 24.4 14.7 297 4 311.7 312.9 291.9 330.6 6.07 4 850 1551 24.4 4.1 27 20.3 12.4 294 5 311.7 312.8 291.9 330.5 6.03 5 800 2076 19.3 3.0 34 16.3 10.0 291 7 311.7 312.9 291.8 330.3 5.96 6 750 2626 14.0 2.2 45 11.8 7.3 290 8 311.7 312.9 291.8 330.4 5.99 7 700 3201 8.6 -0.3 54 8.9 3.9 306 17 312.0 313.0 291.3 328.8 5.35 8 650 3811 6.0 -8.5 34 14.5 -0.6 313 24 315.8 316.3 290.5 325.8 3.08 9 600 4461 1.9 -12.6 33 14.6 -4.0 311 24 318.4 318.8 290.7 326.4 2.41 10 550 5156 -3.2 -15.3 39 12.1 -7.7 313 20 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.4 2.11 11 500 5902 -8.4 -29.1 17 20.6 -13.6 319 17 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.2 0.69 12 450 6710 -13.7 -37.7 11 24.0 -18.1 314 23 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.33 13 400 7595 -18.8 -45.7 7 26.9 -22.5 306 33 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.16 14 350 8577 -25.8 -48.5 10 22.7 -28.2 304 41 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 15 300 9671 -35.7 -49.5 23 13.8 -36.7 303 38 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 16 250 10909 -46.6 -52.2 53 5.5 -46.9 299 37 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.12 17 200 12355 -54.0 -68.7 15 14.7 -54.2 296 29 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14188 -59.0 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.2 301 34 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16699 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 303 26 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.11 m Freezing level: 581.13 mb = 4723.59 m = 15497.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.36 mb = 3730.99 m = 12240.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 637.34 mb = 3970.87 m = 13027.65 ft T: 5.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 4.66 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.82 mb = 4929.82 m = 16173.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.39 C = 101.11 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.81 C Cross Totals Index: 12.52 C K Index: 27.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5497.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 629.56 mb = 4070.61 m = 13354.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 340.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 19.02 m/s