MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2309021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2309021200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 SEP 23 Station: 46.11,-103.48 Latitude: 46.11 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 24 1 950 487 SFC 906 919 32.4 8.4 23 24.0 17.1 285 11 314.3 315.8 293.9 338.3 7.67 3 900 975 32.0 7.7 22 24.4 16.7 285 14 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.5 7.33 4 850 1483 27.2 6.2 26 21.0 14.2 285 18 314.6 315.9 293.4 336.6 7.00 5 800 2014 22.0 5.3 34 16.6 11.9 285 19 314.6 315.9 293.4 336.6 7.02 6 750 2568 16.6 3.8 42 12.9 9.1 285 20 314.6 315.9 293.2 335.7 6.71 7 700 3151 12.2 0.4 44 11.8 5.7 288 31 316.0 317.1 292.7 333.9 5.64 8 650 3766 7.6 -2.3 50 9.9 2.4 282 28 317.5 318.5 292.7 333.5 4.99 9 600 4420 3.4 -8.4 42 11.8 -2.0 273 24 320.1 320.8 292.0 331.2 3.39 10 550 5121 -0.3 -25.6 13 25.3 -8.0 275 26 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.87 11 500 5875 -5.7 -19.5 33 13.9 -10.4 278 27 326.1 326.5 292.2 331.8 1.62 12 450 6692 -10.9 -18.4 54 7.5 -13.5 268 29 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.4 1.99 13 400 7586 -16.9 -25.9 45 9.0 -19.3 261 34 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.2 1.15 14 350 8573 -24.8 -31.0 56 6.2 -26.0 262 36 335.3 335.5 293.9 338.4 0.82 15 300 9675 -32.9 -36.3 72 3.4 -33.4 261 45 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.57 16 250 10930 -43.4 -47.0 67 3.7 -43.6 248 54 341.6 341.6 294.9 342.5 0.22 17 200 12396 -53.5 -61.1 39 7.6 -53.7 254 53 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14205 -61.5 -80.8 6 19.3 -61.7 256 58 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16698 -64.8 -84.4 5 19.6 -64.9 263 27 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.74 m Freezing level: 553.89 mb = 5066.21 m = 16621.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.44 mb = 4120.31 m = 13517.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.42 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.94 mb = 3906.45 m = 12816.29 ft T: 6.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.77 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.16 mb = 4973.46 m = 16316.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.80 C = 105.44 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 2.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 2.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.81 C Cross Totals Index: 11.84 C K Index: 27.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4466.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 626.60 mb = 4065.93 m = 13339.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -18.3 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 12.26 m/s