MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 14 AUG 23 Station: 48.17,-103.64 Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 1 950 603 SFC 946 643 22.6 9.5 43 13.1 14.6 342 11 300.5 302.0 289.9 323.9 7.91 3 900 1069 17.5 8.2 54 9.3 12.0 343 14 299.5 300.9 289.3 322.0 7.61 4 850 1553 12.8 7.2 69 5.5 9.6 343 14 299.5 300.9 289.3 321.8 7.54 5 800 2058 7.8 6.1 89 1.7 6.8 343 14 299.4 300.8 289.2 321.3 7.41 6 750 2587 4.4 -1.9 63 6.4 1.4 348 16 301.4 302.2 287.0 314.8 4.42 7 700 3146 2.3 -5.1 58 7.4 -1.1 353 20 305.0 305.7 287.6 316.5 3.72 8 650 3742 -0.7 -8.6 55 7.9 -4.0 360 23 308.1 308.7 288.0 317.8 3.07 9 600 4377 -4.4 -13.5 49 9.2 -7.7 3 24 311.1 311.5 288.2 318.3 2.24 10 550 5056 -8.5 -19.9 39 11.4 -11.9 7 25 314.0 314.3 288.3 318.8 1.43 11 500 5788 -13.3 -25.9 34 12.6 -16.4 13 30 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.0 0.92 12 450 6582 -18.8 -38.3 16 19.5 -21.8 16 36 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.31 13 400 7447 -24.6 -48.7 9 24.1 -27.0 16 40 323.0 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.11 14 350 8408 -29.4 -51.4 10 22.0 -31.3 21 64 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.10 15 300 9497 -35.9 -43.4 46 7.4 -36.6 21 90 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.28 16 250 10737 -45.0 -55.1 32 10.0 -45.5 25 92 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.09 17 200 12194 -54.3 -62.4 37 8.0 -54.5 26 80 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14037 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 6 41 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16624 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 336 23 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.69 m Freezing level: 662.15 mb = 3597.11 m = 11801.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.22 mb = 2893.07 m = 9491.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.70 % Est. max temperature: 21.71 C = 71.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.03 mb = 2275.83 m = 7466.55 ft T: 6.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.61 mb = 2322.46 m = 7619.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.51 C = 72.52 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 2.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 25.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8741.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.05 mb = 2244.14 m = 7362.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.6 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 31.6 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.99 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 15.23 m/s