MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408201200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 21 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 117 SFC 952 545 22.9 16.4 67 6.4 18.5 173 14 300.2 302.5 293.5 336.7 12.44 2 950 565 21.8 16.4 71 5.4 18.2 173 16 299.3 301.6 293.3 335.7 12.46 3 900 1031 17.1 15.2 88 1.9 15.8 176 20 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.6 12.14 4 850 1520 18.3 12.4 69 5.9 14.5 190 12 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.5 10.73 5 800 2039 16.1 10.8 71 5.3 12.7 295 4 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.4 10.23 6 750 2586 13.5 7.0 64 6.6 9.5 306 9 311.3 312.9 293.6 337.1 8.38 7 700 3163 9.9 -1.6 44 11.5 3.9 305 12 313.5 314.4 291.4 328.9 4.86 8 650 3774 5.9 -10.0 31 16.0 -1.0 315 19 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.74 9 600 4423 1.0 -15.4 28 16.4 -5.2 316 23 317.3 317.6 289.9 323.7 1.92 10 550 5115 -3.9 -20.0 27 16.1 -9.2 315 25 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.3 1.42 11 500 5859 -9.3 -23.7 30 14.4 -13.3 308 25 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.7 1.13 12 450 6665 -15.1 -32.1 22 16.9 -18.7 295 20 324.2 324.4 290.7 326.3 0.58 13 400 7542 -21.6 -40.5 16 18.9 -24.4 287 21 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.28 14 350 8511 -28.5 -48.4 13 19.9 -30.4 285 25 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.14 15 300 9597 -37.2 -54.0 16 16.9 -38.2 286 32 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 16 250 10829 -47.2 -61.3 18 14.1 -47.6 285 37 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12272 -54.9 -75.2 6 20.3 -55.2 279 37 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14127 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 261 20 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16691 -60.1 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 230 10 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.29 m Freezing level: 589.82 mb = 4563.96 m = 14973.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.51 mb = 3641.79 m = 11947.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.15 mb = 1359.13 m = 4459.05 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.90 mb = 2916.87 m = 9569.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.06 C = 95.11 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 28.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 399.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.02 mb = 1499.76 m = 4920.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 527.02 mb = 5448.23 m = 17874.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.02 mb = 10135.55 m = 33252.72 ft B at Equ Level: 186.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.02 mb = 12049.27 m = 39531.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.1 neg: -10.1 tot: 62.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 133.13 m/s