MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 14 AUG 22 Station: 48.24,-101.36 Latitude: 48.24 Longitude: -101.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 953 539 27.7 17.4 53 10.4 20.5 129 9 305.0 307.5 295.4 344.5 13.20 2 950 566 26.9 17.0 54 10.0 20.1 130 10 304.5 306.9 295.0 343.0 12.91 3 900 1041 22.3 15.8 67 6.5 17.9 133 11 304.5 306.8 294.8 342.2 12.65 4 850 1536 20.2 5.8 39 14.4 11.7 135 8 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.1 6.82 5 800 2055 16.8 6.0 49 10.8 10.4 306 1 309.1 310.4 292.2 331.7 7.37 6 750 2602 13.6 5.4 58 8.2 8.7 302 12 311.3 312.7 292.9 334.5 7.51 7 700 3178 8.2 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 291 16 311.6 313.2 293.9 338.0 8.58 8 650 3787 4.5 2.1 85 2.4 3.1 291 24 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.6 6.87 9 600 4435 0.7 -6.8 57 7.6 -2.8 301 25 316.9 317.7 291.5 329.3 3.82 10 550 5128 -3.7 -18.3 31 14.5 -8.7 307 28 319.6 320.0 290.3 325.2 1.65 11 500 5873 -8.3 -31.3 14 23.1 -13.7 301 37 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.0 0.56 12 450 6682 -14.0 -31.3 22 17.3 -17.9 297 46 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.62 13 400 7564 -20.3 -32.9 32 12.6 -22.7 289 50 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.60 14 350 8538 -27.2 -42.5 22 15.3 -29.0 286 57 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.26 15 300 9632 -34.7 -55.1 11 20.4 -36.0 284 67 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 16 250 10880 -44.0 -63.7 9 19.7 -44.6 284 73 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 17 200 12346 -52.4 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.7 289 71 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14165 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.4 282 59 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.00 19 100 16675 -62.7 -85.3 3 22.5 -63.0 296 14 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.55 m Freezing level: 591.98 mb = 4546.09 m = 14914.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.60 mb = 4122.70 m = 13525.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.46 mb = 1849.14 m = 6066.66 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.61 mb = 2889.70 m = 9480.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.03 C = 93.25 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 14.07 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.52 mb = 2145.40 m = 7038.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.52 mb = 3956.61 m = 12980.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.52 mb = 9946.76 m = 32633.34 ft B at Equ Level: 277.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.52 mb = 12135.42 m = 39813.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.0 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 328.0 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.4 neg: -12.7 tot: 74.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18