MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208071200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 8 AUG 22 Station: 48.22,-101.34 Latitude: 48.22 Longitude: -101.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 955 541 21.8 12.7 56 9.2 16.0 205 5 298.9 300.7 290.9 327.3 9.70 2 950 584 21.0 12.0 56 9.0 15.4 205 6 298.5 300.2 290.5 325.7 9.32 3 900 1048 16.4 11.0 70 5.4 13.1 214 7 298.4 300.1 290.3 325.3 9.19 4 850 1531 11.8 9.6 86 2.2 10.4 242 8 298.5 300.1 290.1 324.4 8.86 5 800 2037 9.4 2.7 63 6.7 5.8 316 8 301.2 302.2 288.3 318.6 5.82 6 750 2570 7.3 -1.3 54 8.6 3.0 343 12 304.5 305.3 288.3 318.6 4.63 7 700 3134 3.9 -2.8 61 6.8 0.7 334 14 306.8 307.7 288.9 320.6 4.44 8 650 3732 0.6 -8.9 49 9.5 -3.4 323 16 309.6 310.2 288.5 319.2 3.00 9 600 4371 -3.3 -9.8 61 6.5 -6.0 319 18 312.3 312.9 289.3 322.0 3.03 10 550 5053 -7.2 -16.5 47 9.4 -10.4 320 17 315.6 315.9 289.3 321.9 1.91 11 500 5790 -11.2 -26.1 28 14.8 -15.0 327 17 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.5 0.91 12 450 6590 -16.0 -27.7 36 11.7 -18.7 342 23 323.2 323.3 290.6 326.2 0.88 13 400 7469 -20.4 -39.3 17 18.9 -23.4 354 37 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.7 0.32 14 350 8444 -27.2 -49.0 11 21.8 -29.4 347 49 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 15 300 9536 -35.3 -53.2 14 17.9 -36.5 340 47 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10783 -43.4 -62.6 10 19.2 -44.1 327 50 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12253 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.7 -51.7 310 46 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14107 -54.6 -78.6 4 24.1 -54.9 271 43 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.1 0.01 19 100 16672 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 274 35 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.02 m Freezing level: 642.49 mb = 3828.36 m = 12560.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.84 mb = 3228.72 m = 10592.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.59 % Est. max temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.88 mb = 1690.95 m = 5547.66 ft T: 11.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.69 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2129.92 m = 6987.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 2.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 25.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7642.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.82 mb = 1741.66 m = 5714.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.3 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 351.3 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 36.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 38.51 m/s