MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 15 AUG 23 Station: 48.17,-103.64 Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 580 SFC 943 643 28.5 7.9 27 20.6 15.8 259 8 306.8 308.1 291.3 328.4 7.11 3 900 1055 24.0 6.8 33 17.2 13.6 262 10 306.2 307.5 290.9 327.1 6.88 4 850 1550 19.1 5.7 41 13.5 11.2 264 11 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.7 6.76 5 800 2066 14.1 4.4 52 9.7 8.6 269 12 306.2 307.4 290.6 326.1 6.56 6 750 2608 12.0 1.2 48 10.7 6.1 331 12 309.6 310.6 290.8 326.8 5.58 7 700 3182 9.1 -8.1 29 17.2 1.3 326 14 312.5 313.1 289.3 322.0 2.96 8 650 3792 6.1 -13.2 24 19.3 -1.7 329 19 315.9 316.3 289.6 322.9 2.13 9 600 4442 1.9 -9.7 42 11.6 -3.1 330 23 318.4 318.9 291.2 328.3 3.05 10 550 5138 -2.7 -10.6 55 7.9 -6.1 320 27 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.1 3.10 11 500 5886 -7.9 -14.8 58 6.9 -10.5 317 29 323.3 323.8 292.1 331.5 2.42 12 450 6696 -13.8 -16.8 78 3.0 -14.9 316 33 325.9 326.3 292.7 333.7 2.28 13 400 7578 -20.8 -22.8 84 2.0 -21.3 316 37 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.53 14 350 8550 -28.2 -33.5 61 5.2 -29.1 314 40 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.1 0.65 15 300 9637 -36.9 -44.6 44 7.8 -37.5 316 47 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.24 16 250 10873 -46.7 -57.2 29 10.6 -47.0 314 53 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12322 -54.1 -68.6 15 14.5 -54.4 321 47 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14132 -61.6 -72.8 21 11.1 -61.7 323 36 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16655 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 333 22 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.87 m Freezing level: 579.33 mb = 4729.90 m = 15517.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.08 mb = 3432.04 m = 11259.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.25 mb = 3214.83 m = 10547.20 ft T: 8.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 4.82 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 586.33 mb = 4626.62 m = 15179.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.58 C = 105.04 F Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lifted Index: 4.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.59 C Showalter Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 13.62 C K Index: 15.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6666.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.81 mb = 3220.07 m = 10564.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 33.12 m/s