MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 18 AUG 23 Station: 48.19,-103.64 Latitude: 48.19 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 36 1 950 492 SFC 934 646 29.5 7.1 24 22.5 15.8 170 9 308.7 309.9 291.6 329.4 6.76 3 900 970 25.7 5.7 28 20.0 13.8 174 11 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.6 6.39 4 850 1468 20.8 5.0 36 15.8 11.6 178 11 308.0 309.2 291.1 327.8 6.46 5 800 1987 17.1 2.7 38 14.3 9.0 227 10 309.4 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.84 6 750 2535 14.3 3.7 49 10.6 8.2 269 16 312.1 313.4 292.5 332.9 6.66 7 700 3114 11.2 2.3 54 9.0 6.1 278 26 314.9 316.2 293.1 335.2 6.45 8 650 3729 7.2 -1.2 55 8.4 2.7 289 25 317.1 318.2 292.9 334.4 5.41 9 600 4384 4.6 -9.8 34 14.4 -1.9 289 29 321.5 322.1 292.1 331.5 3.02 10 550 5088 1.1 -13.6 33 14.7 -5.0 288 35 325.4 325.8 292.7 333.6 2.43 11 500 5847 -3.9 -16.8 36 12.9 -8.8 293 41 328.3 328.7 293.2 335.4 2.05 12 450 6669 -10.1 -19.1 48 9.0 -13.2 292 45 330.5 330.9 293.6 337.1 1.88 13 400 7563 -17.4 -23.8 57 6.5 -19.1 293 45 332.4 332.7 293.7 337.4 1.39 14 350 8547 -25.6 -34.0 46 8.3 -27.1 295 48 334.2 334.4 293.4 336.5 0.62 15 300 9645 -34.3 -44.8 34 10.6 -35.3 290 54 337.1 337.1 293.9 338.0 0.24 16 250 10893 -44.3 -57.1 23 12.8 -44.8 286 60 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.07 17 200 12355 -53.6 -70.0 12 16.5 -53.8 288 53 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14165 -62.9 -77.0 13 14.2 -63.0 307 49 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16659 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 321 27 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.25 m Freezing level: 539.30 mb = 5250.19 m = 17224.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.30 mb = 4111.48 m = 13488.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.95 mb = 3453.52 m = 11330.30 ft T: 9.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 1.79 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 520.61 mb = 5525.23 m = 18127.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.53 C = 117.56 F Cap Strength: 8.55 C Lifted Index: 8.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.12 C Showalter Index: 8.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 8.96 C K Index: 20.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7938.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.14 mb = 3475.90 m = 11403.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.6 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 311.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 122.94 m/s