MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 5 AUG 24 Station: 48.27,-101.28 Latitude: 48.27 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 133 SFC 957 514 21.1 9.6 48 11.5 14.1 115 13 298.0 299.4 289.0 321.0 7.86 2 950 576 19.7 8.9 50 10.8 13.3 116 16 297.2 298.6 288.5 319.3 7.56 3 900 1037 15.0 8.2 64 6.8 11.0 118 20 297.0 298.3 288.5 319.1 7.60 4 850 1518 12.4 8.6 78 3.8 10.1 131 14 299.1 300.6 289.8 323.3 8.26 5 800 2030 14.3 6.6 60 7.7 9.7 334 5 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.7 7.68 6 750 2573 10.8 7.1 78 3.7 8.6 339 10 308.3 309.9 292.8 334.0 8.45 7 700 3146 8.3 3.1 70 5.1 5.4 310 17 311.6 312.9 292.5 332.9 6.86 8 650 3754 4.1 -0.3 73 4.3 1.8 297 22 313.6 314.7 292.2 331.7 5.78 9 600 4400 -0.5 -4.6 74 4.1 -2.5 289 26 315.5 316.4 291.7 329.9 4.52 10 550 5090 -4.6 -16.0 40 11.4 -8.7 298 26 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.2 1.99 11 500 5834 -8.2 -10.7 82 2.5 -9.2 291 34 323.1 323.8 292.9 334.4 3.39 12 450 6644 -13.8 -15.9 85 2.0 -14.6 287 41 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.2 2.46 13 400 7528 -19.5 -22.5 77 3.0 -20.3 289 49 329.6 330.0 293.1 335.2 1.57 14 350 8508 -25.8 -35.7 39 10.0 -27.4 285 53 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.52 15 300 9606 -34.4 -46.3 29 11.8 -35.5 281 54 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.20 16 250 10851 -45.8 -51.7 51 5.9 -46.1 287 53 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.5 0.13 17 200 12308 -50.9 -68.5 11 17.6 -51.3 294 76 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14153 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 298 74 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16705 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 301 36 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.55 m Freezing level: 605.87 mb = 4324.47 m = 14187.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.22 mb = 4016.34 m = 13176.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.03 mb = 1956.11 m = 6417.60 ft T: 14.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.80 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.82 mb = 3818.53 m = 12527.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.68 C = 98.03 F Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lifted Index: 8.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.84 C Showalter Index: 6.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.51 C Cross Totals Index: 16.73 C K Index: 23.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9702.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.78 mb = 1927.41 m = 6323.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 5.8 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.9 neg: -82.7 tot: -14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 202.73 m/s