MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408151200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 16 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 70 1 950 520 SFC 948 541 25.8 14.5 50 11.3 18.3 354 10 303.6 305.7 293.4 336.5 11.05 3 900 993 22.0 12.3 54 9.7 15.7 350 21 304.2 306.0 292.8 334.1 10.02 4 850 1486 17.2 11.4 69 5.8 13.5 347 22 304.1 306.0 292.8 334.0 9.98 5 800 1999 12.2 10.2 88 2.0 11.0 346 22 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.6 9.85 6 750 2536 7.9 6.8 93 1.1 7.2 347 29 305.1 306.7 291.7 330.0 8.27 7 700 3103 4.3 2.1 86 2.2 3.1 349 30 307.2 308.4 290.7 326.7 6.37 8 650 3702 0.9 -3.1 75 3.9 -1.0 351 28 309.9 310.8 290.2 324.6 4.69 9 600 4342 -2.2 -8.4 62 6.2 -4.8 355 27 313.6 314.3 290.1 324.4 3.38 10 550 5028 -5.5 -16.1 43 10.5 -9.3 360 26 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.1 1.98 11 500 5770 -9.5 -26.0 25 16.5 -13.9 6 27 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.6 0.92 12 450 6576 -14.5 -36.0 14 21.6 -18.6 14 28 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.39 13 400 7457 -20.2 -39.9 15 19.7 -23.2 15 25 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.30 14 350 8434 -26.3 -40.0 26 13.7 -28.2 16 23 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.6 0.34 15 300 9528 -35.3 -40.6 58 5.4 -35.8 357 23 335.7 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.37 16 250 10771 -46.0 -49.4 68 3.4 -46.2 35 19 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12216 -51.9 -68.3 12 16.4 -52.2 338 8 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14089 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 248 7 380.9 380.9 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16676 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 279 11 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.14 m Freezing level: 635.86 mb = 3883.00 m = 12739.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.62 mb = 3546.57 m = 11635.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.22 mb = 1965.03 m = 6446.88 ft T: 12.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 12.37 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.10 mb = 2219.46 m = 7281.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 169.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.26 mb = 2153.92 m = 7066.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.26 mb = 2314.49 m = 7593.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.26 mb = 6911.42 m = 22674.99 ft B at Equ Level: 169.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.26 mb = 9992.25 m = 32782.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.1 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 25.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 14.00 Bulk Shear: 12.11 m/s