MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408311200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 1 SEP 24 Station: 46.11,-103.38 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 1 950 596 SFC 917 908 25.8 5.4 27 20.4 13.8 354 10 306.5 307.7 290.3 325.3 6.16 3 900 1071 23.8 4.5 28 19.3 12.6 353 13 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.0 5.87 4 850 1565 18.9 3.6 36 15.3 10.3 351 13 306.0 307.1 289.9 323.8 5.85 5 800 2080 14.0 2.9 47 11.1 7.8 349 13 306.0 307.1 290.0 324.0 5.90 6 750 2620 9.7 1.3 56 8.4 5.2 335 23 307.1 308.2 290.0 324.3 5.60 7 700 3189 5.5 -0.7 64 6.2 2.3 333 21 308.6 309.5 290.2 324.6 5.20 8 650 3791 2.9 -6.1 51 9.0 -1.3 314 28 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.1 3.72 9 600 4437 0.7 -9.6 46 10.3 -3.8 315 34 316.9 317.5 290.9 327.0 3.07 10 550 5129 -3.7 -16.2 37 12.6 -8.2 310 34 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.3 1.96 11 500 5875 -8.3 -30.3 15 21.9 -13.7 305 40 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.62 12 450 6682 -14.9 -33.5 19 18.6 -18.6 307 38 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.50 13 400 7561 -21.0 -44.1 11 23.1 -24.1 312 35 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 14 350 8534 -27.6 -55.0 6 27.4 -29.9 310 36 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.06 15 300 9624 -35.4 -64.2 4 28.8 -36.8 308 33 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 16 250 10869 -44.6 -56.6 25 12.0 -45.1 302 24 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 17 200 12324 -55.2 -64.2 32 9.0 -55.4 315 25 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14137 -59.8 -76.7 9 16.9 -60.0 301 30 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16651 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 299 33 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.17 m Freezing level: 591.99 mb = 4547.55 m = 14919.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.76 mb = 3571.94 m = 11718.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.93 % Est. max temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.55 mb = 3441.63 m = 11291.29 ft T: 4.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 1.46 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 570.70 mb = 4835.08 m = 15862.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.59 C = 99.66 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 11.98 C K Index: 24.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7632.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.12 mb = 3470.74 m = 11386.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.4 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 347.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -3.6 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 47.12 m/s