MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2409011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2409011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 2 SEP 24 Station: 46.20,-103.38 Latitude: 46.20 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 131 1 950 585 SFC 915 911 25.6 8.2 33 17.3 14.9 138 13 306.4 307.8 291.5 329.1 7.49 3 900 1059 23.7 7.5 35 16.2 13.9 140 16 306.0 307.3 291.2 328.0 7.26 4 850 1554 18.8 6.5 44 12.4 11.5 142 18 305.9 307.2 291.0 327.5 7.13 5 800 2070 14.8 2.3 43 12.5 7.9 155 14 306.9 308.0 290.0 324.2 5.64 6 750 2615 13.3 1.2 44 12.1 6.6 237 12 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.4 5.58 7 700 3192 10.0 -4.4 36 14.4 2.9 272 17 313.6 314.3 290.6 326.1 3.93 8 650 3802 5.7 -9.8 32 15.5 -1.1 297 19 315.4 315.9 290.1 324.5 2.80 9 600 4451 1.6 -21.0 17 22.6 -6.0 298 21 318.0 318.2 289.4 322.1 1.20 10 550 5145 -3.3 -24.9 17 21.6 -9.6 303 20 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.3 0.92 11 500 5890 -9.1 -30.4 16 21.3 -14.2 308 19 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.1 0.61 12 450 6695 -14.5 -38.5 11 24.0 -18.7 310 20 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.30 13 400 7575 -21.2 -38.1 20 16.9 -23.9 306 23 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.36 14 350 8543 -29.3 -43.1 25 13.8 -30.8 304 26 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.24 15 300 9627 -37.4 -51.9 21 14.5 -38.4 306 32 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 16 250 10857 -47.4 -56.0 37 8.6 -47.7 295 39 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12298 -56.5 -65.6 31 9.0 -56.7 285 45 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14115 -58.3 -80.2 4 21.9 -58.5 285 43 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16638 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 304 26 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.52 m Freezing level: 583.90 mb = 4674.40 m = 15335.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.72 mb = 3630.05 m = 11909.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.33 mb = 3081.08 m = 10108.41 ft T: 10.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 6.36 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.31 mb = 4513.51 m = 14807.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.72 F Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lifted Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.65 C Showalter Index: 3.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.94 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 19.97 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7028.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.93 mb = 3168.76 m = 10396.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 141.35 m/s