MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308161200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308161200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 17 AUG 23 Station: 46.18,-103.32 Latitude: 46.18 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 59 1 950 514 SFC 909 903 26.5 7.5 30 19.0 14.9 324 17 307.9 309.3 291.7 329.9 7.19 3 900 990 25.4 6.3 29 19.1 13.9 324 22 307.7 308.9 291.2 328.0 6.67 4 850 1488 20.5 5.2 37 15.3 11.5 322 27 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.5 6.52 5 800 2006 15.4 4.3 48 11.1 9.0 320 28 307.5 308.8 291.0 327.5 6.53 6 750 2548 10.3 2.8 60 7.5 6.2 318 32 307.8 308.9 290.9 327.0 6.27 7 700 3119 7.0 3.2 77 3.8 4.9 320 48 310.3 311.6 292.1 331.5 6.89 8 650 3726 4.1 0.5 78 3.6 2.1 308 53 313.6 314.7 292.4 332.8 6.11 9 600 4374 1.3 -4.6 65 5.9 -1.6 302 63 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.2 4.52 10 550 5070 -1.5 -14.0 38 12.4 -6.5 309 67 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.2 2.36 11 500 5824 -5.1 -23.9 21 18.7 -10.9 313 74 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.7 1.11 12 450 6643 -9.8 -30.0 17 20.3 -14.9 319 83 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.5 0.70 13 400 7541 -15.6 -38.2 12 22.6 -19.8 317 88 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.35 14 350 8532 -23.6 -41.0 19 17.4 -26.1 320 88 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.2 0.30 15 300 9635 -33.5 -46.3 27 12.8 -34.7 324 88 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.20 16 250 10887 -43.7 -53.3 34 9.6 -44.2 328 90 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.11 17 200 12345 -54.8 -63.2 35 8.4 -55.0 313 77 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14151 -58.9 -77.6 7 18.7 -59.1 332 66 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16662 -60.6 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 318 44 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.82 m Freezing level: 577.30 mb = 4689.81 m = 15386.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.61 mb = 4087.22 m = 13409.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.70 mb = 3263.78 m = 10707.80 ft T: 6.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.49 C/km ThetaE index: 2.94 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.46 mb = 4749.64 m = 15582.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.34 C = 101.01 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 7.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 7.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 10.29 C K Index: 26.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7296.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.91 mb = 3381.28 m = 11093.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.1 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 343.1 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.9 neg: -17.2 tot: 123.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 128.85 m/s