MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 14 AUG 24 Station: 48.17,-101.31 Latitude: 48.17 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 68 1 950 522 SFC 947 552 28.5 17.3 51 11.2 20.7 141 13 306.5 308.9 295.8 346.2 13.24 3 900 999 24.1 16.1 61 7.9 18.6 149 20 306.3 308.7 295.6 345.1 12.91 4 850 1496 19.2 15.2 78 4.0 16.5 154 22 306.3 308.7 295.5 345.1 12.90 5 800 2014 14.4 14.1 98 0.4 14.2 161 22 306.6 308.9 295.5 344.9 12.74 6 750 2559 12.6 6.7 67 5.9 9.1 198 19 310.3 311.9 293.2 335.7 8.26 7 700 3134 8.7 4.6 75 4.1 6.3 213 18 312.2 313.6 293.3 335.9 7.64 8 650 3743 4.0 1.2 82 2.8 2.5 247 18 313.5 314.8 292.7 333.7 6.44 9 600 4389 -0.7 -6.4 65 5.7 -3.3 261 18 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.0 3.94 10 550 5078 -4.9 -15.7 42 10.8 -8.8 268 15 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.0 2.04 11 500 5821 -9.3 -24.4 28 15.2 -13.5 289 16 321.7 322.0 290.4 325.4 1.06 12 450 6627 -15.0 -38.8 11 23.8 -19.1 290 25 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.30 13 400 7504 -21.8 -39.5 19 17.7 -24.4 272 34 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.31 14 350 8471 -28.8 -48.2 14 19.4 -30.7 263 42 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 15 300 9558 -35.5 -58.7 7 23.2 -36.8 270 64 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 16 250 10803 -44.6 -57.1 23 12.5 -45.2 267 78 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.07 17 200 12270 -50.8 -67.5 12 16.7 -51.2 266 64 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14127 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 274 59 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16685 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.7 283 25 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.59 m Freezing level: 607.24 mb = 4295.24 m = 14091.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.62 mb = 4012.96 m = 13165.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.96 mb = 1971.79 m = 6469.05 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.09 mb = 2055.32 m = 6743.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 39.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1418.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.81 mb = 1994.73 m = 6544.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.81 mb = 2936.27 m = 9633.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.81 mb = 11443.04 m = 37542.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1413.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.81 mb = 14707.46 m = 48252.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 20.54 Bulk Shear: 69.09 m/s