MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408091200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 10 AUG 24 Station: 46.11,-103.51 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 599 SFC 915 921 21.2 2.4 29 18.8 10.9 36 4 301.9 302.8 287.7 316.9 4.97 3 900 1065 19.0 1.2 30 17.8 9.5 34 4 301.0 301.9 287.1 315.0 4.63 4 850 1551 14.1 0.2 38 13.9 6.9 29 3 300.9 301.8 287.0 314.7 4.56 5 800 2057 9.2 -0.6 50 9.8 4.3 21 3 300.9 301.7 287.0 314.7 4.58 6 750 2587 4.0 -1.5 67 5.5 1.3 10 2 300.9 301.7 286.9 314.6 4.56 7 700 3143 0.9 -17.7 23 18.6 -5.2 324 14 303.5 303.8 284.5 307.9 1.36 8 650 3736 -0.7 -28.5 10 27.8 -7.8 324 15 308.2 308.3 285.4 310.1 0.56 9 600 4371 -3.5 -27.2 14 23.7 -9.7 318 20 312.0 312.1 286.9 314.4 0.68 10 550 5052 -8.0 -32.0 13 24.0 -13.3 314 23 314.6 314.7 287.5 316.3 0.48 11 500 5785 -13.3 -37.1 12 23.8 -17.6 311 26 316.8 316.9 288.1 318.0 0.31 12 450 6577 -18.9 -45.1 8 26.2 -22.2 308 30 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.0 0.15 13 400 7442 -25.4 -46.3 12 20.8 -27.6 304 37 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.15 14 350 8395 -32.9 -44.1 32 11.2 -34.0 300 47 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.22 15 300 9461 -40.9 -46.2 57 5.3 -41.3 297 56 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.20 16 250 10676 -49.3 -56.4 43 7.1 -49.6 294 61 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.07 17 200 12127 -49.2 -71.5 6 22.3 -49.8 292 63 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14011 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 293 61 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16610 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 296 36 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.10 m Freezing level: 671.89 mb = 3476.18 m = 11404.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.89 mb = 2696.12 m = 8845.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.47 % Est. max temperature: 20.22 C = 68.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.60 mb = 3239.44 m = 10627.97 ft T: 0.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 6.82 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 586.91 mb = 4543.56 m = 14906.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.05 F Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lifted Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.42 C Cross Totals Index: 13.50 C K Index: 9.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10140.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.03 mb = 3269.32 m = 10725.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.1 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 347.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 32.32 m/s