MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 14 AUG 24 Station: 48.17,-103.70 Latitude: 48.17 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 37 1 950 493 SFC 934 645 31.0 17.2 44 13.9 21.2 141 10 310.2 312.7 296.8 350.7 13.30 3 900 975 27.0 16.1 51 10.9 19.5 144 12 309.4 311.8 296.3 348.7 12.93 4 850 1477 22.1 15.3 66 6.8 17.4 147 13 309.3 311.7 296.4 348.8 12.99 5 800 2000 17.0 14.2 84 2.7 15.1 149 13 309.3 311.7 296.3 348.4 12.87 6 750 2548 13.1 7.7 70 5.4 9.7 195 7 310.8 312.5 293.8 337.9 8.81 7 700 3124 9.2 0.4 54 8.7 4.4 250 10 312.6 313.7 291.8 330.3 5.64 8 650 3733 5.1 -10.9 30 16.0 -1.7 257 12 314.7 315.2 289.7 323.1 2.56 9 600 4380 0.6 -18.1 23 18.6 -6.0 269 10 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.9 1.53 10 550 5072 -4.0 -27.4 14 23.4 -10.4 265 11 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.73 11 500 5816 -8.9 -36.1 9 27.2 -14.5 276 21 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.35 12 450 6621 -15.1 -28.4 31 13.3 -18.2 268 29 324.3 324.4 290.9 327.2 0.82 13 400 7499 -21.6 -36.7 24 15.1 -24.1 257 35 326.9 326.9 291.3 328.4 0.41 14 350 8468 -29.0 -44.5 21 15.5 -30.7 267 41 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.21 15 300 9552 -36.4 -53.1 16 16.7 -37.5 269 61 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.09 16 250 10793 -45.0 -54.7 33 9.6 -45.4 262 74 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.09 17 200 12258 -50.8 -67.8 12 17.0 -51.2 256 63 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.02 18 150 14120 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 264 56 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16688 -59.0 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 262 21 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.21 m Freezing level: 593.93 mb = 4464.17 m = 14646.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.78 mb = 3560.97 m = 11682.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.17 mb = 2388.81 m = 7837.22 ft T: 14.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 26.84 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.47 mb = 2485.97 m = 8155.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 37.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1958.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.06 mb = 2345.77 m = 7696.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.06 mb = 2625.26 m = 8612.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.06 mb = 11842.94 m = 38854.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1955.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.06 mb = 15373.60 m = 50437.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 40.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 40.07 Bulk Shear: 48.87 m/s