MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 28 AUG 23 Station: 46.14,-103.43 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 554 SFC 912 915 28.0 8.3 29 19.6 15.7 347 10 309.1 310.6 292.3 332.3 7.57 3 900 1033 26.5 7.3 29 19.2 14.7 346 13 308.8 310.2 291.9 330.7 7.14 4 850 1532 21.7 6.1 36 15.6 12.3 343 14 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.1 6.94 5 800 2053 16.6 5.3 47 11.3 10.0 339 14 308.8 310.2 291.8 330.3 7.00 6 750 2597 11.3 4.2 61 7.2 7.2 336 14 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.0 6.89 7 700 3168 7.5 -11.2 25 18.6 -0.3 325 24 310.7 311.2 288.2 318.2 2.32 8 650 3775 4.5 -14.9 23 19.5 -3.0 320 24 314.1 314.4 288.8 320.2 1.84 9 600 4422 0.6 -22.3 16 23.0 -6.7 316 23 316.8 317.1 288.9 320.5 1.06 10 550 5112 -4.3 -28.7 13 24.4 -10.7 308 22 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.3 0.65 11 500 5856 -8.8 -37.5 8 28.7 -14.6 310 23 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.4 0.30 12 450 6663 -14.4 -39.7 10 25.3 -18.8 314 23 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.27 13 400 7542 -21.7 -34.4 31 12.7 -23.9 310 23 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.7 0.52 14 350 8509 -29.5 -39.0 39 9.5 -30.7 295 25 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.37 15 300 9592 -37.3 -48.0 32 10.8 -38.1 289 36 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.16 16 250 10827 -45.1 -61.7 14 16.7 -45.6 286 41 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.04 17 200 12306 -46.7 -74.4 3 27.7 -47.3 290 62 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 14180 -55.2 -81.2 3 26.0 -55.5 293 56 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16710 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 305 28 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.74 m Freezing level: 593.63 mb = 4509.65 m = 14795.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.19 mb = 3142.54 m = 10310.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.18 mb = 3355.51 m = 11008.77 ft T: 6.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.07 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.91 mb = 4262.75 m = 13985.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.67 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 2.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.53 C Cross Totals Index: 14.89 C K Index: 17.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6499.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.83 mb = 3455.97 m = 11338.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.2 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 350.2 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -8.2 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 13.24 m/s