MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 5 AUG 22 Station: 48.22,-101.31 Latitude: 48.22 Longitude: -101.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 1 950 478 SFC 944 534 35.2 9.7 21 25.5 18.7 171 8 313.5 315.0 294.0 338.6 8.05 3 900 966 32.0 5.0 18 27.0 15.5 183 15 314.5 315.7 292.7 333.6 6.07 4 850 1474 27.2 3.5 22 23.8 13.1 194 17 314.7 315.8 292.5 332.9 5.78 5 800 2004 22.1 2.7 28 19.4 10.8 204 19 314.7 315.8 292.6 333.1 5.82 6 750 2558 16.9 0.3 32 16.7 7.7 222 21 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.5 5.21 7 700 3141 12.5 -6.7 26 19.1 3.2 254 27 316.3 316.9 290.9 327.0 3.31 8 650 3755 6.7 -6.4 39 13.1 0.4 263 30 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.2 3.63 9 600 4405 0.8 -12.5 36 13.4 -4.6 264 30 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.1 2.43 10 550 5096 -3.4 -36.8 5 33.4 -10.8 275 29 320.1 320.1 289.1 321.1 0.30 11 500 5843 -8.2 -37.2 8 28.9 -14.2 276 32 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.2 0.31 12 450 6650 -14.5 -46.1 5 31.6 -19.1 277 36 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.14 13 400 7531 -20.3 -44.7 9 24.4 -23.5 280 35 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.18 14 350 8508 -26.1 -55.0 5 28.9 -28.6 277 35 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 15 300 9605 -34.7 -50.3 19 15.6 -36.0 270 39 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.13 16 250 10849 -45.4 -53.0 42 7.6 -45.8 290 55 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.11 17 200 12298 -55.5 -63.1 38 7.6 -55.6 294 71 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14113 -59.1 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.3 275 60 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16633 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.9 257 29 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.41 m Freezing level: 590.12 mb = 4541.47 m = 14899.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.68 mb = 3809.33 m = 12497.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.12 % Est. max temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.94 mb = 3717.90 m = 12197.70 ft T: 7.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.03 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.94 mb = 4593.31 m = 15069.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.57 C = 103.22 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.44 C Cross Totals Index: 11.68 C K Index: 19.77 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 614.57 mb = 4210.05 m = 13812.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 449.57 mb = 6657.51 m = 21841.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.57 mb = 6997.63 m = 22957.83 ft B at Equ Level: 4.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.57 mb = 7538.57 m = 24732.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 82.03 m/s