MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2409051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2409051200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 SEP 24 Station: 46.20,-103.35 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 201 1 950 648 SFC 922 908 21.4 0.1 24 21.3 10.2 346 8 301.5 302.3 286.8 314.2 4.18 3 900 1114 18.9 -1.0 26 19.9 8.8 343 9 301.0 301.7 286.4 313.0 3.95 4 850 1600 14.2 -1.9 33 16.0 6.2 338 10 301.0 301.7 286.4 312.9 3.92 5 800 2106 9.2 -2.9 42 12.1 3.5 331 10 301.0 301.7 286.3 312.7 3.86 6 750 2637 6.1 -3.0 52 9.1 1.8 334 30 303.2 303.9 287.3 315.7 4.08 7 700 3199 2.5 1.3 92 1.2 1.8 315 36 305.3 306.4 289.8 323.5 6.00 8 650 3794 -1.2 -7.5 62 6.3 -3.9 314 37 307.6 308.2 288.1 318.0 3.34 9 600 4430 -2.3 -41.9 3 39.6 -9.9 318 40 313.5 313.5 286.8 314.1 0.16 10 550 5115 -5.9 -25.4 20 19.5 -11.3 324 46 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.1 0.88 11 500 5855 -10.1 -34.1 12 24.0 -15.2 325 49 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.3 0.43 12 450 6658 -15.2 -36.4 15 21.1 -19.1 329 52 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.5 0.38 13 400 7537 -21.1 -43.1 12 22.0 -24.1 335 56 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.21 14 350 8506 -29.0 -47.6 15 18.5 -30.9 337 59 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 15 300 9586 -38.7 -53.4 20 14.7 -39.6 337 64 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.09 16 250 10810 -48.6 -60.3 24 11.7 -48.9 335 65 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 17 200 12242 -58.2 -68.2 26 10.1 -58.3 333 62 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.02 18 150 14041 -59.9 -77.5 8 17.6 -60.1 317 38 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16585 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 310 33 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.30 m Freezing level: 666.50 mb = 3597.60 m = 11803.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.01 mb = 3384.54 m = 11104.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.23 % Est. max temperature: 22.11 C = 71.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.72 mb = 3542.05 m = 11620.74 ft T: 0.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 1.44 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.07 mb = 5519.57 m = 18108.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.58 C = 101.44 F Cap Strength: 9.16 C Lifted Index: 10.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: 10.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 8.21 C K Index: 21.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10286.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.07 mb = 3585.82 m = 11764.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 354.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -10.9 tot: 57.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 91.24 m/s