MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 5 AUG 22 Station: 48.13,-103.7 Latitude: 48.13 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -20 1 950 448 SFC 930 638 38.0 0.8 10 37.2 16.3 211 13 317.6 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.37 3 900 940 35.0 -1.8 10 36.8 14.4 214 20 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.6 3.71 4 850 1452 30.0 -2.8 12 32.8 12.1 217 22 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.4 3.65 5 800 1987 24.8 -4.4 14 29.2 9.5 221 24 317.6 318.3 291.4 328.8 3.44 6 750 2545 19.3 -4.8 19 24.2 6.9 224 25 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.1 3.55 7 700 3131 13.7 -5.9 25 19.7 4.0 230 26 317.7 318.4 291.5 329.1 3.51 8 650 3748 7.8 -6.3 36 14.1 1.0 236 28 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.7 3.66 9 600 4400 1.5 -6.7 54 8.2 -2.3 243 29 317.9 318.6 291.8 330.4 3.87 10 550 5093 -4.1 -22.6 22 18.5 -9.8 266 34 319.2 319.5 289.7 323.1 1.13 11 500 5839 -7.9 -43.1 4 35.2 -14.2 275 40 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.17 12 450 6648 -13.4 -40.8 8 27.4 -18.1 275 46 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.24 13 400 7533 -19.4 -48.8 5 29.5 -23.1 272 44 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.2 0.11 14 350 8512 -25.7 -42.5 19 16.7 -27.9 271 45 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.1 0.26 15 300 9610 -34.2 -37.8 70 3.6 -34.6 279 54 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.1 0.49 16 250 10857 -45.0 -48.8 66 3.8 -45.3 283 63 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 17 200 12310 -55.7 -60.4 55 4.7 -55.8 283 78 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.06 18 150 14116 -60.6 -78.2 8 17.6 -60.8 267 62 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16634 -60.2 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.5 246 23 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.75 m Freezing level: 586.33 mb = 4589.64 m = 15057.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.10 mb = 3937.21 m = 12917.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.74 % Est. max temperature: 37.97 C = 100.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 543.05 mb = 5192.46 m = 17035.41 ft T: -4.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 2.89 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 481.64 mb = 6126.19 m = 20098.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.73 C = 112.51 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 37.90 C Cross Totals Index: 5.06 C K Index: 15.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5741.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 527.22 mb = 5423.91 m = 17794.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.00 Bulk Shear: 42.44 m/s