MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2309051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2309051200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 SEP 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 131 1 950 574 SFC 913 915 18.8 6.8 46 12.0 11.9 342 7 299.7 300.9 288.7 319.8 6.82 3 900 1038 17.4 5.4 45 12.0 10.6 342 8 299.5 300.6 288.1 318.1 6.26 4 850 1522 12.7 4.4 57 8.3 8.2 339 9 299.5 300.6 288.1 317.8 6.19 5 800 2026 7.7 3.5 74 4.3 5.5 336 9 299.4 300.5 288.0 317.6 6.15 6 750 2555 4.9 -6.5 43 11.5 -0.0 346 12 301.9 302.5 285.9 311.5 3.12 7 700 3115 2.6 -7.4 48 9.9 -1.7 337 12 305.3 305.9 287.1 315.1 3.14 8 650 3711 -0.4 -10.6 46 10.3 -4.5 325 15 308.6 309.0 287.7 316.9 2.61 9 600 4347 -3.5 -15.3 39 11.8 -7.7 316 21 312.0 312.4 288.2 318.3 1.93 10 550 5031 -6.0 -31.7 11 25.7 -12.0 309 21 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.7 0.49 11 500 5772 -9.8 -30.2 17 20.3 -14.6 318 22 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.3 0.62 12 450 6575 -14.8 -34.6 17 19.7 -18.7 320 21 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.45 13 400 7456 -20.7 -44.6 10 23.9 -23.9 320 18 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.18 14 350 8428 -28.0 -50.3 10 22.4 -30.0 300 20 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 15 300 9513 -37.5 -55.3 14 17.8 -38.5 296 21 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.07 16 250 10746 -46.5 -56.4 32 9.9 -46.9 326 14 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.07 17 200 12194 -56.2 -65.2 31 9.1 -56.3 323 33 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14008 -56.3 -80.0 4 23.7 -56.6 280 28 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16583 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 243 24 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.62 m Freezing level: 656.17 mb = 3637.06 m = 11932.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.35 mb = 2551.09 m = 8369.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.38 % Est. max temperature: 20.38 C = 68.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.68 mb = 2406.87 m = 7896.47 ft T: 5.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 8.31 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.49 mb = 3353.91 m = 11003.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.09 F Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lifted Index: 7.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: 7.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.56 C Cross Totals Index: 14.29 C K Index: 17.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10244.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.31 mb = 2540.65 m = 8335.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.8 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 352.8 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 10.28 m/s