MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308241200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 25 AUG 23 Station: 46.14,-103.51 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 523 SFC 909 921 31.2 11.5 30 19.8 18.2 310 4 312.8 314.6 294.8 341.9 9.39 3 900 1008 30.6 10.2 28 20.4 17.3 302 4 313.1 314.7 294.3 340.0 8.70 4 850 1515 25.6 9.0 35 16.6 15.0 274 5 313.0 314.6 294.1 339.4 8.52 5 800 2043 20.5 8.1 45 12.3 12.7 259 5 313.0 314.6 294.1 339.4 8.53 6 750 2595 15.0 7.0 59 8.0 10.1 251 5 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.0 8.42 7 700 3174 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.3 245 6 312.9 314.5 294.0 338.8 8.35 8 650 3783 3.7 3.4 98 0.2 3.5 228 7 313.1 314.5 293.4 336.6 7.55 9 600 4429 -0.6 -3.9 78 3.3 -2.2 246 22 315.4 316.3 291.9 330.7 4.78 10 550 5119 -4.2 -24.2 19 20.0 -10.1 265 29 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.98 11 500 5864 -8.0 -43.2 4 35.2 -14.3 266 39 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17 12 450 6675 -12.5 -49.1 3 36.6 -17.8 265 47 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.10 13 400 7562 -18.9 -51.1 4 32.2 -22.7 268 52 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.09 14 350 8543 -25.3 -55.9 4 30.6 -28.0 272 59 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 15 300 9646 -32.1 -63.4 3 31.3 -34.0 268 66 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 16 250 10911 -40.3 -65.0 5 24.6 -41.3 264 68 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 17 200 12399 -49.4 -71.7 6 22.3 -49.9 261 63 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14239 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.3 267 46 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16739 -64.0 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 265 19 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.34 m Freezing level: 607.00 mb = 4338.21 m = 14232.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.22 mb = 4174.29 m = 13695.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.63 mb = 3392.36 m = 11129.66 ft T: 7.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 19.42 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.60 mb = 3575.68 m = 11731.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.29 mb = 3567.19 m = 11703.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.29 mb = 3629.01 m = 11906.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.29 mb = 8702.40 m = 28550.83 ft B at Equ Level: 184.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.29 mb = 10578.29 m = 34705.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.47 Bulk Shear: 34.17 m/s