MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 9 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 71 1 950 531 SFC 950 534 31.8 9.5 25 22.2 17.6 212 10 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.6 7.88 3 900 1012 27.5 6.2 26 21.3 14.6 221 17 309.9 311.1 291.8 330.4 6.63 4 850 1513 22.7 5.1 32 17.6 12.3 227 18 309.9 311.1 291.7 329.9 6.47 5 800 2035 17.7 4.0 40 13.7 9.7 233 19 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.6 6.36 6 750 2581 12.4 2.3 50 10.1 6.8 246 20 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.7 6.02 7 700 3155 8.8 -8.5 28 17.4 1.0 292 22 312.3 312.8 289.2 321.5 2.86 8 650 3765 6.8 -33.1 4 39.9 -4.0 291 18 316.6 316.7 288.1 317.9 0.36 9 600 4416 2.6 -31.2 6 33.8 -6.5 286 20 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.8 0.47 10 550 5111 -2.7 -30.4 10 27.6 -9.9 288 25 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.8 0.56 11 500 5859 -7.5 -36.4 8 28.9 -13.6 290 29 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.34 12 450 6670 -13.0 -43.2 6 30.2 -18.0 287 34 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.19 13 400 7555 -19.5 -51.0 4 31.5 -23.2 283 34 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.09 14 350 8531 -26.9 -52.2 7 25.2 -29.3 286 39 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.09 15 300 9621 -36.7 -50.1 23 13.5 -37.6 277 43 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 16 250 10853 -46.8 -58.7 25 11.9 -47.2 274 47 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.06 17 200 12313 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 285 52 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14156 -58.0 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 287 54 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16680 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 284 31 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.96 m Freezing level: 575.80 mb = 4752.69 m = 15592.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.80 mb = 3275.66 m = 10746.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.99 mb = 3309.32 m = 10857.22 ft T: 8.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.70 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.57 mb = 4679.31 m = 15351.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.93 C = 107.47 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 12.56 C K Index: 17.87 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6309.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.23 mb = 3586.70 m = 11767.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 111.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 42.31 m/s