MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 9 AUG 24 Station: 46.14,-103.54 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 1 950 620 SFC 917 924 19.4 1.7 31 17.8 10.0 4 8 299.9 300.8 286.8 314.0 4.70 3 900 1083 17.0 0.3 32 16.7 8.4 3 8 299.0 299.8 286.1 312.0 4.33 4 850 1565 12.3 -0.6 41 12.8 5.9 1 8 299.0 299.8 286.0 311.9 4.32 5 800 2068 7.3 -1.3 54 8.6 3.1 360 8 298.9 299.7 286.0 311.9 4.33 6 750 2594 2.7 -4.4 59 7.1 -0.5 342 12 299.5 300.1 285.5 310.6 3.67 7 700 3149 -0.3 -6.3 64 6.0 -2.9 322 18 302.2 302.8 286.3 312.7 3.42 8 650 3739 -2.7 -9.6 59 6.9 -5.4 315 19 305.9 306.4 287.0 314.8 2.83 9 600 4370 -5.8 -15.2 47 9.5 -9.0 310 25 309.4 309.8 287.3 315.7 1.95 10 550 5046 -9.7 -23.6 31 14.0 -13.4 307 30 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.1 1.03 11 500 5774 -15.0 -23.7 47 8.7 -17.2 302 37 314.7 315.0 288.3 318.6 1.12 12 450 6561 -20.6 -29.7 44 9.1 -22.4 297 47 317.3 317.4 288.7 319.8 0.72 13 400 7422 -26.3 -41.5 22 15.3 -28.0 293 59 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.25 14 350 8374 -32.6 -49.1 18 16.5 -33.8 292 67 324.8 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.12 15 300 9443 -40.3 -49.0 39 8.8 -40.8 290 77 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.15 16 250 10662 -48.9 -56.0 43 7.1 -49.1 288 85 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 17 200 12112 -49.8 -70.9 7 21.1 -50.3 290 70 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13992 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 294 58 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16596 -55.3 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 292 32 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.56 m Freezing level: 704.78 mb = 3096.10 m = 10157.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.99 mb = 2518.75 m = 8263.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.53 % Est. max temperature: 18.81 C = 65.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.80 mb = 3117.03 m = 10226.37 ft T: -0.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 3.49 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.43 mb = 4169.78 m = 13680.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.69 F Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lifted Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 14.45 C K Index: 20.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 53.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10718.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.87 mb = 3150.55 m = 10336.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 340.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -0.8 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 53.78 m/s