MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308231200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 24 AUG 23 Station: 46.14,-103.46 Latitude: 46.14 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 54 1 950 515 SFC 908 917 31.2 10.5 28 20.7 17.7 296 10 312.8 314.5 294.4 340.2 8.82 3 900 1000 30.3 9.7 28 20.6 17.0 296 12 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.8 8.43 4 850 1506 25.3 7.9 33 17.4 14.4 294 14 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.2 7.90 5 800 2033 20.1 7.0 43 13.1 12.0 293 14 312.6 314.1 293.6 337.1 7.88 6 750 2584 14.8 6.2 56 8.7 9.6 291 15 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.3 7.93 7 700 3163 9.7 0.8 54 8.9 4.8 284 20 313.2 314.4 292.1 331.5 5.81 8 650 3773 5.8 -5.8 43 11.6 0.3 274 29 315.5 316.3 291.1 327.8 3.81 9 600 4423 2.0 -13.5 31 15.5 -4.2 271 30 318.5 318.9 290.6 326.0 2.25 10 550 5120 -1.8 -22.0 20 20.2 -8.3 265 32 321.9 322.2 290.6 326.1 1.20 11 500 5871 -6.2 -41.5 4 35.3 -13.0 256 38 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.20 12 450 6686 -11.8 -47.4 3 35.7 -17.3 253 44 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.12 13 400 7575 -18.0 -50.5 4 32.4 -22.1 251 49 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.09 14 350 8560 -24.4 -57.2 3 32.8 -27.3 253 57 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 15 300 9665 -31.7 -59.1 5 27.5 -33.6 255 64 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 16 250 10935 -38.8 -68.4 3 29.6 -40.1 256 55 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 17 200 12438 -46.7 -72.4 4 25.7 -47.4 252 45 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 14289 -60.7 -80.8 5 20.1 -60.9 233 26 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16758 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 245 15 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.44 m Freezing level: 573.52 mb = 4792.02 m = 15721.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.15 mb = 3809.02 m = 12496.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.40 mb = 3494.08 m = 11463.37 ft T: 7.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.33 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.07 mb = 4129.90 m = 13549.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.40 C = 95.71 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 14.10 C K Index: 30.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5321.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.09 mb = 3633.88 m = 11922.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 35.77 m/s