MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208151200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 16 AUG 22 Station: 46.04,-103.56 Latitude: 46.04 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 540 SFC 910 926 31.1 8.4 24 22.7 16.7 16 2 312.6 314.0 293.4 336.3 7.62 3 900 1024 29.6 8.1 26 21.5 16.1 12 2 312.0 313.4 293.2 335.4 7.54 4 850 1528 24.5 6.9 32 17.6 13.7 5 3 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.7 7.36 5 800 2054 19.3 5.7 41 13.6 11.2 360 3 311.7 313.1 292.8 334.1 7.21 6 750 2603 14.0 4.9 54 9.1 8.6 355 3 311.8 313.2 292.9 334.3 7.25 7 700 3180 8.3 3.8 73 4.5 5.7 352 3 311.7 313.1 292.8 334.0 7.20 8 650 3786 2.7 0.4 84 2.3 1.5 342 5 312.1 313.2 292.0 331.0 6.07 9 600 4429 -1.4 -6.1 70 4.7 -3.6 335 13 314.5 315.3 291.0 327.4 4.04 10 550 5117 -5.5 -22.8 24 17.4 -10.6 316 11 317.6 317.8 289.2 321.4 1.11 11 500 5859 -9.6 -38.9 7 29.3 -15.1 311 20 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.26 12 450 6662 -15.8 -38.7 12 22.9 -19.7 303 22 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.30 13 400 7537 -22.8 -37.6 25 14.8 -25.1 299 25 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.37 14 350 8505 -27.3 -56.2 5 28.9 -29.6 301 43 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 15 300 9600 -34.4 -58.2 7 23.8 -35.8 297 58 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 16 250 10846 -45.1 -61.5 14 16.4 -45.7 288 58 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12300 -54.1 -68.0 17 13.9 -54.3 278 55 347.1 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14139 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 276 48 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16665 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 274 7 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.66 m Freezing level: 616.75 mb = 4213.70 m = 13824.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.27 mb = 3970.21 m = 13025.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.37 mb = 3743.74 m = 12282.45 ft T: 3.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 12.88 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.00 mb = 3735.76 m = 12256.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 194.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.26 mb = 3720.12 m = 12204.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.26 mb = 3782.80 m = 12410.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.26 mb = 8295.38 m = 27215.49 ft B at Equ Level: 194.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.26 mb = 10571.54 m = 34683.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.9 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 349.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.51 Bulk Shear: 9.49 m/s