MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 29 AUG 23 Station: 46.11,-103.46 Latitude: 46.11 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 116 1 950 572 SFC 914 917 27.4 7.2 28 20.3 15.0 336 10 308.5 309.8 291.6 329.8 6.97 3 900 1050 25.9 6.0 28 20.0 14.0 335 12 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.2 6.50 4 850 1548 21.0 4.9 35 16.1 11.6 331 13 308.2 309.4 291.1 327.9 6.41 5 800 2067 15.9 4.0 45 12.0 9.1 326 14 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.7 6.37 6 750 2610 10.7 2.8 58 7.9 6.3 320 16 308.2 309.3 290.9 327.3 6.23 7 700 3180 6.4 -2.6 53 8.9 1.9 322 31 309.5 310.4 289.9 323.7 4.53 8 650 3784 3.1 -15.3 25 18.4 -3.8 320 27 312.5 312.8 288.2 318.4 1.79 9 600 4429 0.9 -23.6 14 24.5 -6.7 324 22 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.5 0.95 10 550 5122 -3.0 -27.5 13 24.5 -9.8 337 15 320.5 320.7 289.7 323.1 0.73 11 500 5869 -8.0 -26.7 21 18.7 -13.0 330 10 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.86 12 450 6678 -14.0 -36.8 13 22.7 -18.3 350 10 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.36 13 400 7559 -20.6 -43.2 11 22.7 -23.7 48 10 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.21 14 350 8531 -28.2 -47.1 15 18.8 -30.2 67 16 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.16 15 300 9615 -38.0 -50.2 27 12.3 -38.8 70 22 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 16 250 10843 -47.7 -57.8 31 10.0 -48.1 74 23 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.06 17 200 12293 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.6 345 14 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14149 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 309 35 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16696 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 308 30 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.15 m Freezing level: 588.06 mb = 4594.19 m = 15072.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3376.50 m = 11077.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.16 mb = 3438.28 m = 11280.30 ft T: 4.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 11.44 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.16 mb = 4628.29 m = 15184.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.91 C = 98.43 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 12.91 C K Index: 25.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6528.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.76 mb = 3539.83 m = 11613.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 357.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -11.6 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 3.65 m/s