MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 15 AUG 24 Station: 48.24,-101.31 Latitude: 48.24 Longitude: -101.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 515 SFC 949 527 20.8 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 282 3 298.4 301.3 295.4 344.7 15.94 3 900 981 17.4 15.5 89 1.9 16.1 302 11 299.4 301.7 293.2 335.5 12.37 4 850 1468 15.1 12.0 82 3.1 13.1 321 13 302.0 303.9 292.5 332.8 10.44 5 800 1980 12.4 9.2 81 3.2 10.4 330 12 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.9 9.18 6 750 2519 9.4 6.5 82 2.9 7.7 337 12 306.8 308.3 292.1 331.4 8.12 7 700 3088 5.9 3.5 84 2.4 4.5 343 9 309.0 310.3 291.9 330.6 7.03 8 650 3692 2.3 0.8 90 1.4 1.5 357 5 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.0 6.26 9 600 4336 -1.1 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 80 1 314.9 316.0 292.5 333.0 5.74 10 550 5027 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.6 -3.9 179 5 319.8 320.7 293.4 336.2 5.09 11 500 5775 -7.4 -8.2 94 0.8 -7.8 195 9 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.6 4.11 12 450 6589 -12.5 -13.5 92 1.0 -12.9 206 10 327.6 328.2 293.7 337.7 3.00 13 400 7478 -18.7 -21.0 82 2.2 -19.4 234 11 330.7 331.0 293.6 337.0 1.80 14 350 8458 -26.2 -29.4 75 3.2 -26.9 252 13 333.4 333.6 293.6 336.9 0.96 15 300 9555 -34.7 -37.8 74 3.0 -35.1 275 8 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.3 0.49 16 250 10798 -45.8 -49.4 67 3.6 -46.0 197 25 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12248 -52.0 -68.2 13 16.2 -52.3 219 44 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14126 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 218 25 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16695 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 250 12 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.64 m Freezing level: 615.94 mb = 4130.67 m = 13551.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.05 mb = 4032.80 m = 13230.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.76 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.86 mb = 589.21 m = 1933.06 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1503.15 m = 4931.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.46 C = 76.04 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 32.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.81 mb = 1222.89 m = 4012.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.81 mb = 2410.51 m = 7908.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.81 mb = 5173.42 m = 16972.95 ft B at Equ Level: 95.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.81 mb = 9325.63 m = 30595.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.1 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 335.1 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 510.08 Bulk Shear: 0.19 m/s