MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2409011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2409011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 2 SEP 24 Station: 48.24,-103.70 Latitude: 48.24 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 141 1 950 592 SFC 943 656 25.5 4.8 26 20.7 13.6 132 9 303.7 304.8 289.0 321.0 5.71 3 900 1063 21.1 3.7 32 17.4 11.3 136 11 303.2 304.3 288.7 319.9 5.53 4 850 1552 16.4 2.7 40 13.6 8.9 139 11 303.3 304.3 288.7 319.9 5.49 5 800 2064 13.3 2.2 47 11.2 7.2 262 3 305.3 306.4 289.5 322.4 5.59 6 750 2605 11.2 -1.2 42 12.4 4.8 285 12 308.7 309.6 289.8 323.3 4.68 7 700 3177 7.8 -5.2 39 12.9 1.6 289 15 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.9 3.72 8 650 3783 4.3 -10.7 32 15.1 -2.0 293 16 313.9 314.4 289.5 322.3 2.59 9 600 4430 1.2 -20.7 18 21.9 -6.1 300 20 317.6 317.8 289.3 321.7 1.23 10 550 5124 -3.2 -27.8 13 24.5 -9.9 304 23 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.8 0.71 11 500 5868 -9.3 -31.0 15 21.7 -14.4 306 25 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.8 0.57 12 450 6673 -15.0 -37.1 13 22.1 -19.0 306 27 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.35 13 400 7551 -21.8 -38.3 21 16.5 -24.4 304 30 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.35 14 350 8517 -29.8 -41.7 30 11.9 -31.2 303 35 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.28 15 300 9596 -38.4 -50.8 26 12.3 -39.2 304 40 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.12 16 250 10821 -48.8 -56.2 41 7.5 -49.0 300 49 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 17 200 12256 -56.7 -68.1 22 11.5 -56.8 295 43 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 14072 -57.3 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.6 287 39 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16608 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 308 28 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.61 m Freezing level: 586.11 mb = 4622.93 m = 15166.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.95 mb = 3438.73 m = 11281.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.25 mb = 3244.37 m = 10644.12 ft T: 7.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.52 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.95 mb = 5095.41 m = 16717.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.68 C = 107.03 F Cap Strength: 8.08 C Lifted Index: 7.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.98 C Showalter Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.68 C Cross Totals Index: 12.05 C K Index: 15.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9073.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.34 mb = 3255.01 m = 10679.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.6 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 326.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.8 neg: -4.8 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 94.64 m/s