MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408221200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 23 AUG 24 Station: 46.14,-103.48 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 541 SFC 910 919 28.3 8.7 29 19.6 16.0 67 9 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.6 7.79 3 900 1020 26.9 8.0 30 18.8 15.2 67 10 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.2 7.51 4 850 1520 21.9 7.2 39 14.7 12.9 69 10 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.0 7.49 5 800 2041 16.8 6.0 49 10.8 10.4 70 10 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.7 7.37 6 750 2587 14.1 -9.8 18 23.9 3.4 355 4 311.9 312.3 288.6 319.7 2.42 7 700 3164 10.3 -6.7 30 17.0 2.2 270 14 313.9 314.5 290.1 324.5 3.30 8 650 3775 5.6 -11.0 29 16.6 -1.5 270 21 315.3 315.7 289.8 323.5 2.53 9 600 4422 0.5 -20.5 19 20.9 -6.5 277 24 316.7 316.9 289.0 320.9 1.25 10 550 5113 -4.4 -29.2 12 24.8 -10.8 273 27 318.9 319.0 289.1 321.1 0.62 11 500 5856 -9.6 -33.5 12 23.9 -14.7 273 30 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.45 12 450 6660 -15.2 -38.1 12 22.8 -19.3 274 34 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.32 13 400 7537 -21.7 -41.9 14 20.2 -24.5 267 38 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.24 14 350 8507 -28.1 -41.5 26 13.5 -29.7 256 50 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.29 15 300 9596 -36.1 -48.1 28 12.1 -37.0 251 62 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.16 16 250 10834 -46.3 -54.1 41 7.9 -46.6 252 76 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12282 -55.8 -70.2 15 14.5 -56.0 253 80 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.01 18 150 14105 -56.2 -80.0 4 23.7 -56.5 257 59 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16664 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 249 18 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.68 m Freezing level: 595.17 mb = 4488.98 m = 14727.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.05 mb = 3524.49 m = 11563.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.22 mb = 3364.06 m = 11036.82 ft T: 8.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.90 mb = 4145.28 m = 13599.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.31 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.42 C Cross Totals Index: 16.71 C K Index: 21.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5902.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.62 mb = 3371.37 m = 11060.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: -12.5 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 111.90 m/s