MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 15 AUG 23 Station: 46.16,-103.32 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 591 SFC 917 902 25.8 8.3 33 17.5 15.0 266 5 306.4 307.8 291.5 329.2 7.51 3 900 1066 23.8 7.0 34 16.7 13.7 266 6 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.3 7.01 4 850 1560 19.0 5.7 42 13.2 11.2 268 7 306.0 307.3 290.7 326.6 6.77 5 800 2076 13.9 4.9 54 9.0 8.7 269 8 305.9 307.2 290.7 326.5 6.78 6 750 2616 11.4 -8.2 25 19.5 2.6 315 12 308.9 309.4 288.0 317.7 2.75 7 700 3190 10.1 -8.0 27 18.1 1.8 335 13 313.7 314.3 289.8 323.4 3.00 8 650 3802 6.7 -6.2 39 13.0 0.5 344 16 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.69 9 600 4455 3.3 -17.5 20 20.8 -4.4 346 21 319.9 320.2 290.4 325.4 1.61 10 550 5153 -1.8 -11.4 48 9.5 -5.8 350 25 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.6 2.92 11 500 5903 -7.1 -16.9 45 9.8 -10.6 342 28 324.4 324.8 292.1 331.3 2.03 12 450 6715 -13.0 -19.5 58 6.5 -15.1 338 32 326.9 327.2 292.6 333.2 1.82 13 400 7600 -19.9 -25.1 63 5.2 -21.2 330 36 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.5 1.25 14 350 8577 -27.0 -37.5 36 10.5 -28.5 328 40 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.44 15 300 9668 -35.8 -46.0 34 10.2 -36.7 328 47 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.21 16 250 10909 -46.2 -52.3 50 6.1 -46.4 327 53 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.12 17 200 12352 -56.0 -65.8 28 9.8 -56.2 328 52 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 14150 -62.1 -73.4 21 11.4 -62.2 329 38 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16668 -59.3 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 331 20 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.62 m Freezing level: 567.79 mb = 4904.22 m = 16089.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.51 mb = 3871.22 m = 12700.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.01 mb = 3083.62 m = 10116.75 ft T: 10.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.54 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 570.90 mb = 4853.44 m = 15923.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.06 C = 104.11 F Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lifted Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.95 C Showalter Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 12.79 C K Index: 13.66 Risk: None Sweat Index: 111.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7636.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.13 mb = 3188.61 m = 10461.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.8 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 5.8 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 38.95 m/s