MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308211200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 22 AUG 23 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 163 SFC 957 534 14.7 13.3 92 1.3 13.8 95 9 291.4 293.2 288.8 320.0 10.09 2 950 599 14.0 13.0 94 1.0 13.4 97 13 291.4 293.2 288.6 319.6 9.96 3 900 1053 12.3 12.0 98 0.2 12.1 124 26 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.3 9.84 4 850 1536 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.2 132 7 303.2 305.7 295.3 343.9 13.72 5 800 2055 17.2 15.7 91 1.5 16.2 176 9 309.5 312.2 297.2 352.7 14.19 6 750 2606 15.8 10.8 72 5.0 12.5 207 11 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.5 10.90 7 700 3190 12.8 6.7 67 6.1 9.0 240 14 316.7 318.4 295.4 344.5 8.86 8 650 3810 9.7 1.8 58 7.9 5.2 260 32 320.0 321.3 294.7 341.5 6.72 9 600 4469 4.4 -0.9 68 5.3 1.5 259 38 321.2 322.4 294.4 340.6 5.98 10 550 5171 -1.0 -4.6 77 3.6 -2.9 257 40 322.9 323.8 294.1 339.0 4.94 11 500 5924 -6.1 -11.8 64 5.7 -8.5 256 40 325.6 326.2 293.3 336.0 3.10 12 450 6742 -10.4 -25.3 28 14.9 -14.7 260 44 330.1 330.4 292.8 334.0 1.08 13 400 7640 -14.9 -54.3 2 39.4 -20.0 261 55 335.6 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 14 350 8633 -22.5 -49.1 7 26.6 -25.8 256 52 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.12 15 300 9748 -29.8 -57.6 5 27.8 -32.0 251 51 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 16 250 11023 -39.0 -60.3 9 21.3 -40.1 251 58 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 17 200 12509 -52.0 -58.1 48 6.1 -52.2 254 55 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.7 0.07 18 150 14313 -64.1 -72.1 33 8.0 -64.1 261 48 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16786 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 291 24 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.21 m Freezing level: 559.44 mb = 5038.41 m = 16530.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.44 mb = 4708.75 m = 15448.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.59 mb = 700.38 m = 2297.79 ft T: 13.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 18.66 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.27 mb = 623.01 m = 2043.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.78 C = 58.60 F Cap Strength: 10.40 C Lifted Index: 7.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.20 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 32.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.95 mb = 1044.49 m = 3426.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.95 mb = 1091.42 m = 3580.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.95 mb = 1186.15 m = 3891.52 ft B at Equ Level: 39.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 845.95 mb = 1576.67 m = 5172.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.4 neg: -26.3 tot: 184.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 218.98 m/s