MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 9 AUG 22 Station: 48.15,-103.7 Latitude: 48.15 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 51 1 950 514 SFC 937 642 34.2 7.3 19 26.8 17.4 218 10 313.1 314.4 292.9 334.6 6.87 3 900 999 30.3 5.7 21 24.6 15.3 222 14 312.7 313.9 292.4 332.6 6.37 4 850 1504 25.2 4.6 26 20.6 12.9 227 15 312.6 313.8 292.3 332.2 6.27 5 800 2031 20.1 3.9 34 16.2 10.6 233 16 312.6 313.8 292.4 332.5 6.35 6 750 2582 14.9 3.1 45 11.8 8.1 241 17 312.7 313.9 292.4 332.6 6.37 7 700 3160 9.4 2.1 60 7.3 5.4 256 19 312.9 314.1 292.5 332.9 6.39 8 650 3770 5.8 -8.2 36 14.1 -0.6 283 24 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.8 3.16 9 600 4421 2.7 -26.4 10 29.1 -6.0 286 22 319.3 319.4 289.3 321.9 0.74 10 550 5116 -2.5 -30.4 10 28.0 -9.8 286 24 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.55 11 500 5865 -7.4 -37.2 7 29.8 -13.6 291 25 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.31 12 450 6675 -13.3 -43.1 6 29.8 -18.1 283 28 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.19 13 400 7559 -19.7 -47.2 7 27.5 -23.2 271 34 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.14 14 350 8535 -27.5 -44.2 19 16.7 -29.4 270 41 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.22 15 300 9621 -37.3 -49.3 28 12.0 -38.1 261 48 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.14 16 250 10855 -45.5 -62.2 13 16.8 -46.0 272 48 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 12321 -50.2 -73.6 5 23.4 -50.7 286 59 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 14168 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 284 53 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16685 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 285 33 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.34 m Freezing level: 573.81 mb = 4785.14 m = 15699.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.78 mb = 3709.74 m = 12170.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.39 % Est. max temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 634.39 mb = 3967.73 m = 13017.31 ft T: 4.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 2.42 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.02 mb = 4886.99 m = 16033.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.44 C = 106.60 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.66 C Cross Totals Index: 12.03 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5371.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.33 mb = 4045.77 m = 13273.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 32.19 m/s