MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408051200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 6 AUG 24 Station: 46.16,-103.46 Latitude: 46.16 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 165 1 950 610 SFC 916 918 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 105 9 296.7 298.5 290.6 325.9 10.11 3 900 1070 13.9 12.0 88 1.9 12.7 106 10 295.8 297.6 290.0 324.1 9.81 4 850 1551 13.0 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 136 7 299.8 301.7 291.7 330.2 10.37 5 800 2060 11.4 10.4 94 0.9 10.8 338 3 303.3 305.1 292.5 333.0 9.98 6 750 2598 9.6 6.4 80 3.2 7.7 314 10 307.0 308.5 292.1 331.5 8.07 7 700 3169 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 3.7 311 16 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.4 5.87 8 650 3776 5.4 -7.7 38 13.1 -0.6 307 33 315.1 315.7 290.5 325.7 3.28 9 600 4427 3.2 -23.2 12 26.4 -5.4 305 43 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.3 0.98 10 550 5125 -1.1 -33.0 7 31.9 -9.2 304 47 322.8 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.43 11 500 5877 -6.6 -27.7 17 21.1 -12.3 299 49 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.8 0.79 12 450 6690 -12.4 -34.1 14 21.7 -17.0 292 48 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.47 13 400 7578 -18.6 -44.6 8 26.0 -22.3 288 49 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.18 14 350 8558 -26.1 -44.6 16 18.5 -28.3 286 55 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.21 15 300 9653 -34.7 -52.3 15 17.7 -36.0 283 55 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 16 250 10909 -40.4 -67.5 4 27.1 -41.4 281 52 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.02 17 200 12401 -49.3 -74.4 4 25.1 -49.8 278 46 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14243 -58.8 -76.7 8 17.9 -59.0 275 39 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16765 -62.0 -84.6 3 22.7 -62.2 273 16 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.91 m Freezing level: 562.89 mb = 4945.34 m = 16224.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.20 mb = 3685.44 m = 12091.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.52 mb = 1359.68 m = 4460.83 ft T: 13.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 9.72 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2546.41 m = 8354.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 5.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 4.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.61 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 25.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7842.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.13 mb = 1599.03 m = 5246.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.0 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 332.0 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 7.4 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.9 neg: -33.1 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 202.40 m/s