MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308191200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 20 AUG 23 Station: 46.11,-103.46 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 565 SFC 913 917 25.0 6.8 31 18.3 14.0 48 10 306.1 307.3 290.7 326.7 6.78 3 900 1039 23.2 5.6 32 17.6 12.9 49 11 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.7 6.35 4 850 1532 18.4 4.8 41 13.6 10.6 52 12 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.7 6.35 5 800 2047 15.1 6.5 56 8.6 10.0 60 4 307.2 308.7 291.8 330.4 7.61 6 750 2592 13.2 3.1 50 10.2 7.5 258 8 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.7 6.37 7 700 3170 11.4 1.8 52 9.5 6.0 256 20 315.1 316.3 293.0 334.8 6.26 8 650 3784 6.3 -2.8 52 9.0 1.6 264 25 316.0 317.0 292.1 331.4 4.80 9 600 4433 1.1 -12.8 35 13.9 -4.5 271 28 317.4 317.8 290.3 325.2 2.37 10 550 5126 -3.5 -24.0 19 20.5 -9.6 267 30 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.5 1.00 11 500 5873 -7.9 -35.7 9 27.8 -13.9 259 34 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.8 0.36 12 450 6683 -12.9 -24.7 36 11.8 -16.1 253 41 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.1 1.15 13 400 7571 -17.9 -23.1 63 5.2 -19.4 249 48 331.7 332.0 293.6 337.0 1.48 14 350 8557 -24.0 -29.1 63 5.1 -25.1 253 57 336.4 336.6 294.3 340.1 0.99 15 300 9664 -32.3 -37.4 60 5.1 -33.0 253 62 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.8 0.51 16 250 10921 -43.3 -46.8 68 3.5 -43.6 246 65 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.6 0.23 17 200 12387 -51.7 -77.9 3 26.2 -52.1 249 65 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.00 18 150 14207 -62.1 -78.7 9 16.6 -62.3 255 58 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -64.4 -85.2 4 20.9 -64.6 246 32 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.27 m Freezing level: 588.00 mb = 4599.52 m = 15090.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.86 mb = 3949.54 m = 12957.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.96 mb = 3206.13 m = 10518.68 ft T: 11.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 1.99 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.09 mb = 4592.93 m = 15068.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.63 C = 97.93 F Cap Strength: 8.52 C Lifted Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.45 C Showalter Index: 5.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 12.68 C K Index: 21.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8059.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.12 mb = 3227.95 m = 10590.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.5 neg: -16.6 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 144.02 m/s