MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 18 AUG 23 Station: 48.24,-101.28 Latitude: 48.24 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 66 1 950 517 SFC 950 520 26.2 8.1 32 18.1 15.1 204 7 303.8 305.1 290.3 325.2 7.13 3 900 988 21.2 6.4 38 14.9 12.5 211 9 303.4 304.6 289.8 323.5 6.68 4 850 1478 16.5 5.4 48 11.1 10.1 218 10 303.4 304.6 289.8 323.3 6.63 5 800 1989 11.6 4.1 60 7.5 7.4 236 11 303.5 304.7 289.6 322.8 6.42 6 750 2528 11.1 -0.8 44 11.8 4.9 314 20 308.6 309.5 289.8 323.5 4.83 7 700 3102 10.0 -4.0 37 14.1 3.0 313 30 313.6 314.3 290.7 326.5 4.05 8 650 3715 7.1 -7.6 34 14.7 0.3 313 33 317.0 317.6 291.1 327.8 3.33 9 600 4370 4.4 -12.1 29 16.5 -2.6 305 30 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.52 10 550 5071 -0.2 -11.8 41 11.7 -5.1 306 35 323.9 324.4 292.6 333.3 2.81 11 500 5827 -5.1 -14.4 48 9.3 -8.7 307 44 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.4 2.51 12 450 6647 -10.5 -18.7 51 8.2 -13.3 306 54 330.0 330.4 293.5 336.8 1.94 13 400 7541 -17.6 -22.6 65 5.0 -19.0 307 55 332.2 332.5 293.7 337.7 1.56 14 350 8524 -25.7 -31.0 61 5.3 -26.8 308 54 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.1 0.82 15 300 9622 -34.2 -43.0 41 8.8 -35.1 303 59 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.3 0.29 16 250 10871 -44.0 -54.0 32 10.1 -44.5 301 59 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.10 17 200 12331 -54.4 -64.1 29 9.7 -54.6 299 62 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14138 -62.5 -76.5 14 13.9 -62.7 311 59 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16643 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 317 28 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.49 m Freezing level: 551.95 mb = 5044.08 m = 16548.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.57 mb = 3770.75 m = 12371.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.59 mb = 2780.43 m = 9122.02 ft T: 10.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 546.58 mb = 5120.90 m = 16800.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.17 C = 115.11 F Cap Strength: 9.51 C Lifted Index: 9.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.00 C Showalter Index: 9.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 10.48 C K Index: 12.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 129.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8967.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.51 mb = 2838.75 m = 9313.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 113.25 m/s