MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208191200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 20 AUG 22 Station: 46.14,-103.48 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 559 SFC 912 919 24.9 9.8 38 15.1 15.4 49 9 306.0 307.6 292.1 331.3 8.37 3 900 1033 23.0 9.3 42 13.7 14.5 50 10 305.2 306.7 291.7 329.9 8.20 4 850 1526 18.0 8.2 53 9.8 12.1 49 10 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.3 8.07 5 800 2041 13.0 7.4 69 5.6 9.7 48 10 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.12 6 750 2579 7.8 6.3 90 1.5 6.9 47 9 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.1 7.99 7 700 3144 4.8 -4.8 50 9.6 0.3 11 8 307.8 308.6 288.6 319.8 3.83 8 650 3745 2.3 -10.7 38 13.0 -3.1 16 13 311.5 312.0 288.7 319.9 2.60 9 600 4387 -0.7 -14.0 36 13.3 -5.8 17 16 315.3 315.7 289.5 322.4 2.15 10 550 5077 -4.1 -20.2 27 16.1 -9.4 13 19 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.0 1.39 11 500 5822 -9.0 -30.6 16 21.6 -14.1 11 19 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.2 0.60 12 450 6627 -14.8 -40.1 10 25.3 -19.1 16 22 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.26 13 400 7506 -20.9 -50.8 5 29.9 -24.2 21 29 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.09 14 350 8477 -28.7 -52.1 9 23.4 -30.7 23 38 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.09 15 300 9560 -37.6 -54.4 16 16.8 -38.6 19 41 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 16 250 10791 -47.2 -57.6 29 10.4 -47.6 16 42 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12239 -54.0 -68.9 14 14.9 -54.2 4 39 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14081 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 354 32 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16638 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 7 20 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.09 m Freezing level: 611.69 mb = 4236.77 m = 13900.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.40 mb = 3197.09 m = 10489.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.29 % Est. max temperature: 23.93 C = 75.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.75 mb = 2802.85 m = 9195.61 ft T: 6.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 9.70 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.99 mb = 2947.23 m = 9669.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 2.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 2.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 17.25 C K Index: 25.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6299.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.63 mb = 2748.21 m = 9016.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 50.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 7.76 m/s