MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308211200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 22 AUG 23 Station: 48.19,-103.59 Latitude: 48.19 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 582 SFC 943 646 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.4 108 12 294.5 296.4 289.9 323.7 10.18 3 900 1039 12.4 12.1 98 0.3 12.3 111 19 294.3 296.1 289.6 322.7 9.92 4 850 1521 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 106 16 303.4 306.0 295.4 344.3 13.78 5 800 2042 18.6 14.3 76 4.3 15.7 154 12 311.0 313.5 296.7 350.6 12.92 6 750 2595 16.9 8.6 58 8.2 11.6 198 9 314.9 316.7 295.3 344.3 9.42 7 700 3181 14.0 5.6 57 8.3 8.9 247 22 318.0 319.5 295.3 343.9 8.20 8 650 3801 9.4 2.7 63 6.6 5.5 259 32 319.5 320.9 294.9 342.5 7.20 9 600 4460 4.9 -3.8 53 8.7 0.4 256 40 321.8 322.7 293.7 337.4 4.80 10 550 5162 -0.6 -13.5 37 12.8 -5.8 250 43 323.3 323.8 292.2 331.6 2.46 11 500 5916 -5.7 -19.7 32 14.0 -10.4 248 42 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.7 1.61 12 450 6734 -10.1 -32.3 14 22.2 -15.4 251 46 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.6 0.57 13 400 7632 -15.4 -48.7 4 33.3 -20.2 250 59 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.12 14 350 8623 -23.1 -50.8 6 27.8 -26.2 246 53 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.10 15 300 9736 -30.2 -56.6 6 26.4 -32.3 241 46 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.06 16 250 11010 -39.0 -62.0 7 23.0 -40.1 244 46 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 17 200 12500 -50.9 -69.1 10 18.1 -51.3 231 59 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14308 -63.0 -71.4 31 8.4 -63.1 249 42 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.02 19 100 16783 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.6 287 21 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.33 m Freezing level: 555.82 mb = 5080.69 m = 16668.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.79 mb = 4503.52 m = 14775.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.65 % Est. max temperature: 33.21 C = 91.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.30 mb = 1055.37 m = 3462.45 ft T: 12.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 18.94 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.42 mb = 849.70 m = 2787.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.36 C = 61.44 F Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.65 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8118.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.51 mb = 1214.45 m = 3984.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.8 neg: -18.0 tot: 179.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 225.27 m/s