MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2409021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2409021200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 3 SEP 24 Station: 48.28,-101.39 Latitude: 48.28 Longitude: -101.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 523 SFC 949 536 28.3 14.9 44 13.4 19.2 160 10 306.1 308.2 294.3 340.0 11.30 3 900 999 23.7 13.8 54 9.9 17.1 168 17 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.1 11.06 4 850 1495 20.1 10.1 53 9.9 13.8 184 17 307.2 308.9 293.0 335.0 9.19 5 800 2019 21.3 2.5 29 18.8 10.4 254 16 313.8 314.9 292.2 331.8 5.73 6 750 2574 17.7 -3.5 23 21.2 6.7 268 13 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.94 7 700 3157 12.6 -10.4 19 23.1 2.3 266 13 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.6 2.47 8 650 3772 7.3 -12.9 22 20.2 -1.1 278 12 317.2 317.6 290.1 324.4 2.18 9 600 4422 1.1 -13.5 33 14.6 -4.7 280 14 317.4 317.8 290.2 324.8 2.25 10 550 5113 -5.2 -16.5 41 11.3 -9.2 281 17 317.9 318.3 290.0 324.3 1.91 11 500 5852 -11.6 -19.3 52 7.8 -14.0 292 23 318.9 319.3 290.1 324.5 1.65 12 450 6649 -18.6 -23.6 65 5.0 -19.8 291 26 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.2 1.27 13 400 7514 -25.2 -32.1 52 7.0 -26.3 277 24 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.6 0.65 14 350 8471 -31.4 -45.5 23 14.2 -32.7 272 34 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.19 15 300 9545 -39.4 -55.3 17 15.9 -40.2 279 39 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 16 250 10767 -49.1 -59.3 29 10.3 -49.4 286 39 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12203 -54.4 -68.3 16 14.0 -54.6 284 34 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14055 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 284 37 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16619 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 300 26 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.97 m Freezing level: 591.37 mb = 4541.47 m = 14899.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.38 mb = 3565.15 m = 11696.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.29 % Est. max temperature: 36.01 C = 96.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.96 mb = 2237.10 m = 7339.47 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.13 mb = 3630.72 m = 11911.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.14 C = 102.44 F Cap Strength: 8.21 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.54 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 18.69 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1118.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 483.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.63 mb = 2385.25 m = 7825.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.63 mb = 4533.73 m = 14874.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.63 mb = 11257.91 m = 36934.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1117.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.63 mb = 13985.42 m = 45883.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 125.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 16.02 Bulk Shear: 69.84 m/s