MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 27 AUG 24 Station: 46.20,-103.38 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 612 SFC 917 911 16.9 13.2 79 3.7 14.5 57 11 297.3 299.2 291.0 327.5 10.42 3 900 1074 14.8 12.5 86 2.4 13.3 59 15 296.8 298.6 290.6 326.2 10.13 4 850 1555 11.9 9.4 85 2.5 10.4 84 19 298.6 300.2 290.0 324.1 8.73 5 800 2062 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 10.9 134 13 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.4 10.27 6 750 2599 8.3 6.6 89 1.7 7.3 175 6 305.6 307.1 291.8 330.3 8.18 7 700 3167 5.2 1.3 76 3.9 3.1 235 12 308.3 309.4 290.8 326.8 6.04 8 650 3768 1.3 -1.3 83 2.6 -0.0 246 17 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.1 5.34 9 600 4409 -2.0 -7.6 66 5.6 -4.5 246 22 313.8 314.5 290.3 325.3 3.60 10 550 5095 -6.6 -13.6 57 7.0 -9.2 236 25 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.43 11 500 5832 -11.3 -22.1 40 10.9 -14.4 224 31 319.3 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.30 12 450 6632 -16.9 -33.2 23 16.3 -20.0 218 39 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.9 0.52 13 400 7505 -22.2 -31.3 43 9.1 -23.9 213 61 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.70 14 350 8473 -28.5 -32.4 70 3.8 -29.2 202 63 330.3 330.4 292.5 332.9 0.72 15 300 9558 -37.7 -41.3 69 3.6 -38.1 202 65 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.34 16 250 10789 -46.7 -52.0 55 5.3 -47.0 206 94 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.13 17 200 12246 -50.5 -70.7 7 20.3 -50.9 223 72 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14099 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 226 49 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16673 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 253 22 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.44 m Freezing level: 630.32 mb = 4020.38 m = 13190.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.61 mb = 3760.63 m = 12337.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.07 C = 75.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.91 mb = 1379.34 m = 4525.35 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 6.57 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.11 mb = 2466.11 m = 8090.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.36 C = 75.85 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 2.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 28.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7360.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.02 mb = 1683.72 m = 5523.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.6 neg: -11.8 tot: 160.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 167.29 m/s