MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408161200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408161200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 17 AUG 24 Station: 48.19,-101.31 Latitude: 48.19 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 120 SFC 953 545 24.9 14.6 53 10.3 18.1 34 6 302.2 304.2 293.0 334.9 11.05 2 950 570 24.4 14.2 53 10.2 17.7 33 6 301.9 303.9 292.7 333.7 10.76 3 900 1040 19.8 13.2 66 6.6 15.5 31 7 301.9 303.9 292.6 333.4 10.67 4 850 1529 15.1 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 28 7 301.9 303.9 292.6 333.4 10.65 5 800 2039 10.3 9.9 97 0.4 10.1 13 6 302.2 303.9 291.9 330.7 9.62 6 750 2573 6.4 0.7 66 5.8 3.5 0 10 303.6 304.6 288.6 319.8 5.35 7 700 3138 6.9 -15.8 18 22.7 -1.6 355 8 310.1 310.4 287.2 315.3 1.59 8 650 3742 3.8 -26.1 9 29.9 -5.0 346 7 313.3 313.4 287.3 315.7 0.70 9 600 4387 0.3 -27.7 10 28.0 -7.5 321 10 316.4 316.6 288.3 318.7 0.65 10 550 5078 -3.8 -31.9 9 28.1 -10.6 309 11 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.3 0.48 11 500 5822 -9.1 -34.9 10 25.7 -14.6 324 4 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.40 12 450 6628 -15.1 -31.0 24 15.9 -18.6 138 4 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.64 13 400 7505 -21.8 -25.7 71 3.8 -22.7 140 6 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.8 1.18 14 350 8473 -28.3 -31.2 76 2.9 -28.8 176 10 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.81 15 300 9559 -37.3 -40.8 70 3.5 -37.6 174 14 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.36 16 250 10791 -46.9 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.2 162 24 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.11 17 200 12237 -53.5 -65.9 21 12.4 -53.8 210 16 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14102 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 287 27 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16682 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 292 19 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.59 m Freezing level: 596.60 mb = 4434.04 m = 14547.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.90 mb = 2953.91 m = 9691.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.55 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.46 mb = 1836.60 m = 6025.50 ft T: 12.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 19.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.55 mb = 1887.18 m = 6191.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.80 C = 76.64 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 13.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 164.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.97 mb = 1862.26 m = 6109.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.97 mb = 1913.90 m = 6279.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 711.97 mb = 2999.02 m = 9839.20 ft B at Equ Level: 34.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 641.97 mb = 3842.24 m = 12605.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.9 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 17.9 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -170.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -3.7 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.79 Bulk Shear: 3.59 m/s