MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 28 AUG 24 Station: 46.14,-103.43 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 575 SFC 914 915 23.1 7.2 36 15.9 13.6 141 10 304.0 305.3 290.3 325.0 6.97 3 900 1045 21.2 6.3 38 14.9 12.4 143 11 303.3 304.6 289.8 323.4 6.66 4 850 1535 16.3 5.5 49 10.8 10.1 145 12 303.3 304.5 289.8 323.4 6.69 5 800 2046 11.4 4.6 63 6.8 7.6 149 11 303.3 304.5 289.8 323.3 6.64 6 750 2584 9.9 -1.4 45 11.3 4.1 289 7 307.3 308.2 289.2 321.5 4.61 7 700 3154 7.6 -17.2 15 24.9 -1.5 288 12 310.9 311.2 287.3 315.6 1.41 8 650 3760 5.4 -24.0 10 29.4 -4.0 293 15 315.1 315.2 288.1 318.0 0.85 9 600 4409 2.0 -24.6 12 26.6 -6.2 296 18 318.4 318.6 289.2 321.4 0.87 10 550 5104 -2.7 -27.4 13 24.6 -9.6 293 21 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.74 11 500 5852 -8.2 -30.2 15 22.0 -13.6 289 26 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.3 0.62 12 450 6659 -14.5 -36.0 14 21.5 -18.6 286 27 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.39 13 400 7538 -21.8 -35.4 28 13.7 -24.1 287 31 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.4 0.47 14 350 8504 -29.7 -45.6 20 15.9 -31.3 283 34 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.19 15 300 9585 -37.9 -55.0 15 17.1 -38.9 285 34 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 16 250 10814 -47.4 -59.1 25 11.7 -47.8 280 32 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12257 -56.0 -66.0 27 10.0 -56.1 273 43 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 14082 -56.7 -77.7 5 21.0 -56.9 259 39 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16640 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 241 22 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.54 m Freezing level: 578.96 mb = 4701.71 m = 15425.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.37 mb = 2997.36 m = 9833.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.73 mb = 2901.02 m = 9517.67 ft T: 8.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.08 mb = 4678.96 m = 15350.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.07 C = 100.52 F Cap Strength: 7.28 C Lifted Index: 6.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.78 C Showalter Index: 6.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 13.72 C K Index: 5.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8642.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.00 mb = 2898.02 m = 9507.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.0 neg: -3.9 tot: 78.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 94.60 m/s