MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 9 AUG 24 Station: 48.22,-101.34 Latitude: 48.22 Longitude: -101.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 SFC 959 541 19.1 5.4 41 13.7 11.5 352 11 295.8 296.9 286.4 313.0 5.88 2 950 622 17.8 4.6 42 13.2 10.6 352 14 295.3 296.3 285.9 311.7 5.60 3 900 1080 13.2 3.6 52 9.6 8.0 351 15 295.1 296.1 285.7 311.2 5.49 4 850 1557 8.4 2.7 67 5.8 5.5 350 16 295.0 296.0 285.7 310.9 5.46 5 800 2053 3.6 1.8 88 1.8 2.7 349 16 295.0 296.0 285.7 311.0 5.46 6 750 2573 -0.3 -2.1 88 1.8 -1.2 348 19 296.2 297.0 285.0 309.2 4.36 7 700 3122 -3.3 -7.5 73 4.2 -5.0 332 22 298.8 299.4 284.7 308.3 3.11 8 650 3709 -4.5 -18.8 32 14.3 -8.8 326 23 303.9 304.1 284.7 308.2 1.34 9 600 4334 -8.2 -25.3 24 17.1 -12.5 322 24 306.6 306.7 285.1 309.3 0.81 10 550 5003 -12.9 -27.4 29 14.5 -16.1 319 26 308.8 308.9 285.8 311.2 0.73 11 500 5721 -18.2 -26.2 49 8.0 -20.0 316 29 310.8 311.0 286.7 313.9 0.90 12 450 6499 -24.1 -27.5 73 3.5 -24.7 312 30 313.0 313.1 287.4 316.0 0.89 13 400 7347 -30.1 -35.1 62 4.9 -30.8 311 33 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.5 0.48 14 350 8282 -37.3 -43.5 52 6.2 -37.8 307 38 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.3 0.23 15 300 9330 -44.6 -52.3 42 7.7 -44.9 303 44 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.10 16 250 10534 -48.3 -62.0 19 13.7 -48.7 303 44 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 17 200 12011 -45.6 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 301 39 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 18 150 13910 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 296 38 385.7 385.7 303.1 385.7 0.01 19 100 16552 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.9 293 24 426.9 426.9 308.5 426.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.03 m Freezing level: 753.95 mb = 2532.26 m = 8307.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.90 mb = 2414.89 m = 7922.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.69 % Est. max temperature: 18.34 C = 65.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.65 mb = 2240.36 m = 7350.16 ft T: 2.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.85 mb = 2331.53 m = 7649.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.00 C = 66.20 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 25.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.41 mb = 2273.78 m = 7459.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.41 mb = 2536.78 m = 8322.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.41 mb = 2971.10 m = 9747.58 ft B at Equ Level: 5.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.41 mb = 3311.90 m = 10865.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.1 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 358.1 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -6.4 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 15.45 m/s