MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 26 AUG 24 Station: 46.14,-103.40 Latitude: 46.14 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 96 1 950 552 SFC 913 911 29.5 13.4 37 16.2 18.7 22 11 310.7 312.7 295.1 343.3 10.62 3 900 1034 27.8 12.7 39 15.1 17.7 24 13 310.1 312.1 294.7 341.6 10.31 4 850 1536 22.8 11.9 50 10.8 15.6 28 14 310.0 312.0 294.7 341.7 10.37 5 800 2060 17.7 11.0 65 6.7 13.3 31 14 310.0 312.0 294.7 341.6 10.34 6 750 2608 12.8 10.8 88 2.0 11.5 50 12 310.4 312.5 295.3 343.8 10.92 7 700 3184 8.7 6.3 85 2.4 7.3 147 8 312.2 313.8 294.0 338.7 8.60 8 650 3794 5.8 -7.0 39 12.9 -0.2 227 16 315.5 316.2 290.7 326.7 3.46 9 600 4442 0.5 -13.6 34 14.0 -5.0 223 21 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.0 2.24 10 550 5134 -4.2 -10.5 61 6.3 -6.8 228 28 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.4 3.12 11 500 5879 -9.3 -16.1 58 6.7 -11.7 233 34 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.0 2.19 12 450 6685 -14.3 -27.2 32 13.0 -17.4 231 36 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.91 13 400 7567 -19.9 -41.1 13 21.2 -23.1 228 40 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.26 14 350 8542 -27.5 -51.1 9 23.7 -29.6 225 47 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 15 300 9632 -35.6 -50.0 22 14.3 -36.7 226 59 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 16 250 10878 -43.0 -57.5 19 14.5 -43.6 221 74 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.06 17 200 12357 -50.4 -72.4 6 22.1 -50.8 218 84 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14189 -60.6 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.7 217 64 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16696 -60.4 -85.2 2 24.8 -60.7 224 18 410.9 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.77 m Freezing level: 595.02 mb = 4511.30 m = 14800.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.05 mb = 3781.12 m = 12405.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.96 mb = 2937.66 m = 9637.87 ft T: 10.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 19.78 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.49 mb = 3130.82 m = 10271.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.41 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 41.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 645.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.46 mb = 2908.71 m = 9542.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.46 mb = 4067.16 m = 13343.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.46 mb = 10650.56 m = 34942.37 ft B at Equ Level: 640.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.46 mb = 13449.77 m = 44125.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 205.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 4.31 Bulk Shear: 149.89 m/s