MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 14 AUG 23 Station: 48.19,-101.28 Latitude: 48.19 Longitude: -101.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 956 537 20.9 12.5 59 8.3 15.6 1 7 297.8 299.5 290.5 325.7 9.58 2 950 594 20.9 11.2 54 9.7 14.8 1 9 298.3 299.9 290.0 324.1 8.80 3 900 1058 16.5 9.5 63 7.1 12.3 359 13 298.5 300.0 289.6 322.8 8.28 4 850 1541 11.8 8.5 80 3.3 9.9 358 14 298.5 300.0 289.5 322.6 8.23 5 800 2045 7.2 6.9 98 0.3 7.0 357 16 298.8 300.2 289.3 321.8 7.82 6 750 2573 4.1 3.2 94 0.9 3.6 7 18 301.0 302.2 288.8 320.1 6.41 7 700 3132 1.1 -0.4 89 1.5 0.3 6 17 303.7 304.7 288.6 319.7 5.29 8 650 3725 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.5 10 16 306.5 307.2 288.4 319.0 4.06 9 600 4357 -5.1 -11.7 60 6.6 -7.6 6 15 310.2 310.7 288.2 318.5 2.59 10 550 5035 -9.5 -15.6 61 6.2 -11.5 7 15 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.6 2.06 11 500 5765 -13.8 -22.5 48 8.6 -16.2 8 18 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.4 1.26 12 450 6557 -19.4 -32.7 30 13.4 -21.8 5 20 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.8 0.54 13 400 7421 -25.3 -43.5 17 18.2 -27.4 359 21 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.20 14 350 8377 -32.2 -47.7 20 15.5 -33.5 321 13 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.15 15 300 9444 -41.4 -52.4 29 11.0 -41.9 337 16 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.10 16 250 10659 -47.7 -64.7 12 17.0 -48.1 14 43 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 17 200 12126 -48.9 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 18 45 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14003 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 357 28 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16610 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 329 22 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.08 m Freezing level: 683.47 mb = 3328.00 m = 10918.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.86 mb = 3179.45 m = 10431.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.92 % Est. max temperature: 21.81 C = 71.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.18 mb = 1588.41 m = 5211.24 ft T: 11.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 7.21 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.04 mb = 1930.99 m = 6335.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.79 C = 71.21 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 32.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.50 mb = 1895.54 m = 6218.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.50 mb = 2049.89 m = 6725.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.50 mb = 4233.17 m = 13888.18 ft B at Equ Level: 41.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 459.50 mb = 6400.28 m = 20998.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.1 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 35.1 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.87 Bulk Shear: 3.57 m/s