MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2309031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2309031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 SEP 23 Station: 46.14,-103.46 Latitude: 46.14 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 -17 1 950 445 SFC 902 918 33.5 9.4 23 24.1 17.8 197 6 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.8 8.23 3 900 935 33.4 8.6 22 24.8 17.4 197 6 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.5 7.81 4 850 1446 28.4 7.6 27 20.8 15.3 201 9 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.2 7.73 5 800 1978 23.2 6.5 34 16.7 12.8 204 9 315.9 317.3 294.3 339.7 7.59 6 750 2535 17.7 5.7 45 12.1 10.4 206 10 315.8 317.3 294.3 339.9 7.66 7 700 3120 12.1 4.6 60 7.5 7.6 207 10 315.9 317.3 294.3 339.8 7.60 8 650 3734 6.1 3.5 83 2.7 4.6 208 10 315.9 317.3 294.3 339.7 7.57 9 600 4384 1.0 -4.4 67 5.4 -1.7 235 16 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.0 4.60 10 550 5079 -2.1 -15.9 34 13.8 -7.2 253 16 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.4 2.01 11 500 5831 -6.4 -19.4 35 12.9 -10.8 249 18 325.2 325.5 292.0 330.9 1.65 12 450 6645 -11.8 -23.1 39 11.3 -15.1 236 20 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.1 1.32 13 400 7534 -18.6 -30.9 33 12.3 -21.2 230 22 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.4 0.73 14 350 8516 -25.1 -39.2 26 14.0 -27.2 233 28 334.9 334.9 293.4 336.3 0.37 15 300 9617 -33.4 -41.1 46 7.7 -34.3 238 35 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.7 0.35 16 250 10869 -43.8 -49.0 56 5.2 -44.2 237 40 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.18 17 200 12340 -50.8 -72.6 6 21.9 -51.2 246 49 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14171 -60.7 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 244 45 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16660 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 244 31 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.73 m Freezing level: 584.28 mb = 4602.78 m = 15100.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.39 mb = 4204.90 m = 13795.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.25 % Est. max temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.29 mb = 3920.07 m = 12860.97 ft T: 4.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 11.54 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.73 mb = 4121.48 m = 13521.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.32 C = 93.77 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.83 C Cross Totals Index: 14.04 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 626.47 mb = 4033.53 m = 13233.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.47 mb = 4230.35 m = 13878.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 561.47 mb = 4914.33 m = 16122.92 ft B at Equ Level: 5.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 511.47 mb = 5651.68 m = 18542.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.20 Bulk Shear: 8.25 m/s