MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408151200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 16 AUG 24 Station: 46.11,-103.62 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 527 SFC 908 928 26.8 9.1 33 17.8 15.7 339 12 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.8 7.99 3 900 1005 25.7 8.2 33 17.4 14.9 339 14 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.2 7.62 4 850 1503 20.7 7.0 41 13.7 12.4 337 16 307.8 309.2 291.8 330.4 7.41 5 800 2021 15.6 6.1 53 9.5 9.9 336 16 307.8 309.2 291.8 330.3 7.38 6 750 2564 10.3 5.0 70 5.3 7.3 334 16 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.2 7.33 7 700 3133 4.8 4.1 95 0.7 4.4 333 16 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.2 7.36 8 650 3734 2.2 -12.6 32 14.8 -3.6 327 26 311.5 311.9 288.3 318.7 2.23 9 600 4375 -1.4 -13.0 41 11.6 -5.9 327 24 314.5 314.9 289.4 322.1 2.34 10 550 5063 -5.4 -19.6 32 14.2 -10.0 327 21 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.6 1.47 11 500 5804 -9.6 -32.1 14 22.5 -14.6 336 18 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.52 12 450 6610 -14.3 -41.5 8 27.2 -18.8 339 18 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.22 13 400 7489 -21.1 -44.9 10 23.8 -24.2 338 18 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 14 350 8461 -27.7 -49.7 10 22.1 -29.8 342 16 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 15 300 9549 -37.2 -47.9 32 10.7 -38.0 11 9 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 16 250 10780 -47.0 -57.0 31 10.0 -47.4 18 11 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 17 200 12244 -50.0 -68.4 10 18.4 -50.5 316 38 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 18 150 14107 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 297 27 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16692 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 279 13 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.06 m Freezing level: 619.38 mb = 4126.63 m = 13538.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.50 mb = 3457.92 m = 11344.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.40 mb = 3140.07 m = 10301.94 ft T: 4.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.57 mb = 3313.78 m = 10871.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 16.58 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6541.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.60 mb = 3195.88 m = 10485.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 2.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 3.35 m/s