MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 27 AUG 24 Station: 48.31,-101.34 Latitude: 48.31 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 176 SFC 961 518 21.2 8.9 45 12.3 13.8 22 6 297.7 299.0 288.6 319.4 7.44 2 950 620 20.1 8.2 46 12.0 13.1 23 8 297.6 298.9 288.3 318.7 7.18 3 900 1082 15.7 7.3 57 8.4 10.8 26 9 297.7 299.0 288.3 318.5 7.12 4 850 1564 13.5 -1.2 36 14.7 6.2 34 14 300.3 301.0 286.3 312.7 4.12 5 800 2072 11.0 2.7 56 8.4 6.5 1 14 302.9 304.0 288.9 320.4 5.81 6 750 2607 7.0 -3.9 46 10.9 1.9 26 9 304.2 304.9 287.4 316.0 3.82 7 700 3171 4.1 -3.7 57 7.8 0.4 203 12 307.0 307.8 288.7 319.9 4.16 8 650 3770 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.8 272 15 310.0 311.2 291.5 329.1 6.17 9 600 4410 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 248 14 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.12 10 550 5096 -6.2 -10.8 70 4.5 -8.1 236 18 316.7 317.3 290.7 326.6 3.06 11 500 5836 -10.5 -22.1 38 11.6 -13.9 229 20 320.2 320.5 290.2 324.7 1.30 12 450 6637 -16.6 -22.8 59 6.2 -18.3 221 30 322.4 322.6 290.9 327.1 1.36 13 400 7511 -22.7 -29.0 57 6.2 -24.0 221 40 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.87 14 350 8476 -29.3 -33.3 68 4.0 -30.0 229 41 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.6 0.66 15 300 9556 -38.9 -43.9 59 5.0 -39.4 230 58 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.26 16 250 10783 -46.6 -61.6 16 15.1 -47.0 230 81 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 12247 -50.5 -70.5 8 20.0 -50.9 218 65 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14089 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 228 53 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16659 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 250 18 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.97 m Freezing level: 636.65 mb = 3941.30 m = 12930.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.07 mb = 3906.01 m = 12814.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.81 mb = 2063.78 m = 6770.84 ft T: 11.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.19 mb = 3559.22 m = 11677.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.22 F Cap Strength: 6.28 C Lifted Index: 7.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.64 C Showalter Index: 10.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 9.34 C K Index: 15.06 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 48.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9813.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.57 mb = 2307.66 m = 7570.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.3 neg: -45.5 tot: 154.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 60.04 m/s