MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 26 AUG 23 Station: 46.14,-103.62 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 1 950 619 SFC 917 927 23.3 7.9 37 15.4 14.0 29 5 303.9 305.2 290.5 325.9 7.33 3 900 1090 21.1 7.0 40 14.1 12.7 28 5 303.3 304.6 290.0 324.3 7.01 4 850 1580 16.3 6.0 50 10.3 10.3 26 5 303.2 304.5 289.9 323.9 6.91 5 800 2091 11.3 4.9 64 6.5 7.7 18 4 303.2 304.5 289.9 323.6 6.79 6 750 2629 11.2 -9.8 22 20.9 2.1 307 18 308.7 309.1 287.6 316.4 2.43 7 700 3201 8.2 -17.2 15 25.4 -1.2 308 21 311.5 311.8 287.5 316.2 1.41 8 650 3807 4.7 -21.9 12 26.6 -4.1 309 22 314.2 314.4 288.0 317.7 1.02 9 600 4453 0.6 -25.7 12 26.3 -7.1 309 23 316.8 317.0 288.6 319.6 0.79 10 550 5145 -3.4 -32.4 9 29.0 -10.5 307 19 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.7 0.46 11 500 5893 -7.3 -42.7 4 35.5 -13.8 300 21 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.18 12 450 6706 -11.8 -48.6 3 36.8 -17.3 291 25 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 13 400 7597 -17.5 -52.7 3 35.2 -21.8 283 29 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.07 14 350 8581 -24.9 -53.8 5 29.0 -27.6 279 30 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.07 15 300 9682 -33.7 -55.8 9 22.1 -35.2 274 34 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.07 16 250 10935 -42.5 -63.8 8 21.4 -43.3 271 43 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 17 200 12417 -49.1 -72.8 5 23.7 -49.7 275 46 354.9 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14254 -60.1 -79.5 6 19.4 -60.3 281 38 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16748 -63.2 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 291 19 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.20 m Freezing level: 592.47 mb = 4557.66 m = 14952.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.45 mb = 2985.06 m = 9793.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.73 mb = 2844.58 m = 9332.51 ft T: 10.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.70 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.08 mb = 4332.14 m = 14212.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.45 C = 95.81 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.04 C Showalter Index: 7.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 13.25 C K Index: 4.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 101.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8434.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.70 mb = 2867.65 m = 9408.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.1 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 337.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -4.0 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 40.03 m/s