MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308061200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308061200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 7 AUG 23 Station: 46.20,-103.40 Latitude: 46.20 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 126 1 950 576 SFC 914 913 23.9 9.0 39 14.9 14.7 358 6 304.8 306.2 291.3 328.6 7.92 3 900 1049 22.3 7.3 38 15.0 13.3 357 7 304.5 305.9 290.6 326.1 7.16 4 850 1541 17.5 6.2 48 11.2 10.9 355 7 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.6 7.03 5 800 2054 12.5 5.1 61 7.3 8.3 353 7 304.4 305.7 290.3 325.3 6.92 6 750 2591 7.2 4.2 81 3.0 5.6 352 7 304.4 305.7 290.3 325.3 6.93 7 700 3153 2.4 0.7 89 1.7 1.5 335 11 305.2 306.2 289.6 322.7 5.77 8 650 3749 -0.9 -4.6 76 3.8 -2.6 336 21 308.0 308.8 289.0 321.0 4.17 9 600 4387 -1.7 -35.4 6 33.7 -9.3 321 15 314.1 314.2 287.2 315.2 0.31 10 550 5071 -7.1 -11.3 72 4.2 -8.7 308 14 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.3 2.94 11 500 5809 -11.6 -13.9 83 2.2 -12.5 302 15 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.5 2.62 12 450 6607 -17.0 -19.1 84 2.1 -17.6 314 10 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.3 1.88 13 400 7481 -22.9 -25.8 77 3.0 -23.5 307 8 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.4 1.16 14 350 8445 -30.0 -33.6 71 3.6 -30.6 289 14 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.64 15 300 9522 -39.5 -44.0 62 4.6 -39.8 280 20 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.7 0.26 16 250 10741 -49.9 -55.2 54 5.3 -50.1 257 21 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.09 17 200 12173 -54.0 -67.4 18 13.4 -54.3 253 19 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14042 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 267 22 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16655 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 260 10 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.27 m Freezing level: 663.14 mb = 3592.37 m = 11785.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.45 mb = 3369.12 m = 11053.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.13 % Est. max temperature: 23.57 C = 74.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.90 mb = 2767.55 m = 9079.76 ft T: 5.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 10.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.43 mb = 2975.45 m = 9761.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.06 C = 75.30 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.85 mb = 2925.19 m = 9596.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.85 mb = 3096.95 m = 10160.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 634.85 mb = 3936.77 m = 12915.77 ft B at Equ Level: 10.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 614.85 mb = 4191.80 m = 13752.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.0 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 355.0 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -5.2 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 6.98 m/s
