MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308311200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 1 SEP 23 Station: 46.14,-103.48 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 1 950 486 SFC 905 919 26.5 6.8 29 19.7 14.6 263 11 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.5 6.87 3 900 963 26.0 6.3 28 19.7 14.1 262 13 308.3 309.6 291.3 328.7 6.66 4 850 1461 21.0 5.0 35 16.0 11.6 260 17 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.0 6.46 5 800 1980 16.0 3.9 44 12.1 9.0 257 18 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.6 6.33 6 750 2523 10.7 3.0 59 7.7 6.4 255 18 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.7 6.36 7 700 3093 6.2 -0.4 63 6.5 2.8 267 25 309.3 310.3 290.5 325.8 5.33 8 650 3697 2.4 -3.8 63 6.3 -0.6 265 29 311.7 312.6 290.5 325.7 4.43 9 600 4340 -1.0 -11.7 44 10.8 -5.3 265 36 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.5 2.60 10 550 5029 -4.5 -23.4 21 18.9 -10.1 266 40 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.4 1.05 11 500 5773 -8.7 -28.6 18 19.8 -13.7 265 42 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.0 0.72 12 450 6580 -14.7 -26.2 37 11.5 -17.6 268 45 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.3 1.00 13 400 7459 -21.4 -30.0 46 8.6 -23.1 272 48 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.79 14 350 8428 -29.1 -35.1 56 6.0 -30.0 273 53 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.5 0.55 15 300 9510 -37.7 -43.3 56 5.6 -38.2 280 58 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.28 16 250 10740 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.3 -48.1 282 65 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12171 -58.1 -67.9 27 9.9 -58.2 285 67 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.02 18 150 14015 -52.9 -77.3 4 24.4 -53.4 276 38 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.01 19 100 16596 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 263 22 415.0 415.0 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.41 m Freezing level: 614.08 mb = 4158.48 m = 13643.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.19 mb = 3582.33 m = 11752.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.17 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.55 mb = 3370.65 m = 11058.43 ft T: 4.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.80 mb = 4014.21 m = 13169.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.33 C = 88.39 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 13.77 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7258.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.10 mb = 3448.73 m = 11314.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.7 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 294.7 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 37.10 m/s