MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 27 AUG 23 Station: 46.11,-103.51 Latitude: 46.11 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 113 1 950 568 SFC 913 921 26.7 11.1 38 15.6 16.7 164 12 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.5 9.14 3 900 1046 25.2 10.2 39 15.0 15.7 166 16 307.5 309.1 292.8 333.9 8.72 4 850 1543 20.3 9.2 49 11.1 13.4 171 18 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.7 8.65 5 800 2062 17.2 6.8 50 10.4 10.9 211 17 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.3 7.77 6 750 2610 13.9 3.2 48 10.7 7.8 246 16 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.8 6.45 7 700 3187 9.6 1.1 55 8.6 4.9 271 19 313.1 314.3 292.2 331.7 5.91 8 650 3798 5.1 -1.4 63 6.5 1.7 285 19 314.7 315.7 292.1 331.5 5.31 9 600 4446 0.5 -4.0 72 4.4 -1.7 297 24 316.7 317.6 292.2 331.9 4.76 10 550 5139 -3.6 -15.3 40 11.7 -7.9 301 31 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.9 2.11 11 500 5884 -8.6 -15.7 56 7.1 -11.2 293 36 322.6 323.0 291.7 330.2 2.25 12 450 6693 -13.2 -42.7 6 29.5 -18.1 288 40 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.20 13 400 7578 -19.3 -49.6 5 30.3 -23.0 288 44 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.10 14 350 8556 -26.5 -53.4 6 26.9 -28.9 288 51 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 15 300 9649 -35.2 -55.5 11 20.4 -36.4 285 53 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 16 250 10896 -43.3 -64.0 8 20.7 -44.0 283 51 341.6 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12379 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.2 279 55 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 18 150 14236 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 284 45 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16753 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.1 -64.3 291 20 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.90 m Freezing level: 594.13 mb = 4527.05 m = 14852.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.14 mb = 4113.31 m = 13494.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.11 mb = 2881.11 m = 9452.34 ft T: 11.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 4.01 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.86 mb = 3774.17 m = 12382.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 29.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5750.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.50 mb = 2992.48 m = 9817.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 157.12 m/s