MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2209011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2209011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 2 SEP 22 Station: 46.23,-103.67 Latitude: 46.23 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 1 950 475 SFC 904 922 33.0 2.7 15 30.2 15.1 320 7 315.1 316.1 292.1 331.4 5.15 3 900 962 32.8 2.3 14 30.5 14.8 319 7 315.3 316.2 292.0 331.2 5.00 4 850 1471 27.7 0.8 17 26.9 12.4 315 9 315.2 316.1 291.8 330.4 4.78 5 800 2002 22.6 -0.8 21 23.4 9.7 312 9 315.3 316.2 291.6 329.7 4.51 6 750 2557 17.7 -5.3 20 23.0 6.1 311 14 315.8 316.5 290.8 326.9 3.44 7 700 3140 12.6 -6.1 27 18.7 3.5 313 15 316.5 317.1 291.0 327.7 3.47 8 650 3755 7.2 -4.3 44 11.6 1.4 311 19 317.2 318.0 292.0 330.9 4.27 9 600 4407 2.0 -9.0 44 11.0 -2.9 297 27 318.4 319.0 291.4 329.0 3.22 10 550 5101 -4.2 -9.9 65 5.7 -6.6 300 28 319.1 319.7 291.7 329.9 3.29 11 500 5843 -11.1 -16.4 64 5.4 -12.9 290 27 319.6 320.0 290.7 326.7 2.12 12 450 6640 -17.5 -29.2 35 11.8 -20.0 289 28 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.9 0.75 13 400 7512 -23.1 -32.6 42 9.5 -24.8 297 29 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.62 14 350 8476 -29.7 -40.0 36 10.3 -31.0 299 25 328.7 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.33 15 300 9556 -37.8 -52.6 20 14.9 -38.7 302 28 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 16 250 10795 -43.8 -63.2 10 19.4 -44.5 322 43 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12269 -50.4 -68.7 10 18.3 -50.8 308 41 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14123 -56.5 -82.1 3 25.6 -56.8 298 32 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16645 -63.3 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.5 304 20 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.27 m Freezing level: 584.00 mb = 4628.81 m = 15186.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.56 mb = 3963.40 m = 13003.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.62 C = 92.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 581.28 mb = 4659.51 m = 15286.91 ft T: -0.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.52 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 542.19 mb = 5212.27 m = 17100.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.94 C = 98.49 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.79 C Cross Totals Index: 11.88 C K Index: 20.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 571.29 mb = 4797.83 m = 15740.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 496.29 mb = 5899.11 m = 19353.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.29 mb = 7763.82 m = 25471.54 ft B at Equ Level: 39.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 326.29 mb = 8967.74 m = 29421.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.1 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 330.1 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 21.21 m/s