MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 4 AUG 24 Station: 46.11,-103.40 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 542 SFC 912 910 32.3 7.6 22 24.6 16.8 72 10 313.6 314.9 293.3 336.1 7.21 3 900 1027 30.5 6.7 23 23.7 15.8 73 11 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.3 6.86 4 850 1533 25.5 5.9 28 19.6 13.6 74 11 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.2 6.84 5 800 2060 20.4 4.3 35 16.1 10.9 74 10 312.9 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.52 6 750 2612 17.3 -14.0 10 31.3 4.0 340 8 315.4 315.7 289.1 321.2 1.73 7 700 3196 13.3 -9.2 20 22.5 2.9 322 13 317.2 317.8 290.6 326.2 2.73 8 650 3812 8.0 -8.9 29 16.9 0.3 307 17 318.0 318.6 291.1 327.9 2.99 9 600 4466 3.4 -17.8 19 21.2 -4.4 301 23 320.1 320.4 290.4 325.4 1.57 10 550 5164 -1.7 -27.8 12 26.2 -9.0 297 25 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.71 11 500 5915 -6.7 -35.6 8 28.9 -13.1 297 28 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.37 12 450 6726 -13.2 -38.2 10 25.1 -17.9 297 32 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.31 13 400 7611 -19.4 -44.4 9 24.9 -22.9 297 40 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.18 14 350 8587 -27.5 -34.6 51 7.1 -28.6 302 52 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.9 0.58 15 300 9678 -35.1 -38.5 71 3.4 -35.5 297 55 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.7 0.46 16 250 10922 -45.6 -49.2 67 3.6 -45.8 299 58 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.17 17 200 12369 -54.7 -62.9 35 8.3 -54.9 303 69 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14217 -56.0 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 298 48 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16748 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 310 28 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.95 m Freezing level: 566.34 mb = 4935.83 m = 16193.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.29 mb = 3846.11 m = 12618.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 636.96 mb = 3977.55 m = 13049.55 ft T: 6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.70 mb = 4924.00 m = 16154.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.90 C = 103.82 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Showalter Index: 2.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.20 C Cross Totals Index: 12.58 C K Index: 15.57 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5482.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.18 mb = 4000.46 m = 13124.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.0 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 339.0 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -10.1 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 95.80 m/s