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: 48.22,-103.70 Latitude: 48.22 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 1 950 617 SFC 946 652 21.8 10.3 48 11.6 14.7 137 5 299.7 301.2 290.0 324.2 8.33 3 900 1083 17.8 8.8 56 8.9 12.4 107 4 299.8 301.3 289.8 323.2 7.93 4 850 1568 13.7 6.9 64 6.8 9.7 54 4 300.5 301.8 289.5 322.3 7.37 5 800 2076 10.6 1.9 55 8.7 6.0 342 3 302.5 303.5 288.4 319.0 5.50 6 750 2609 5.6 -0.1 67 5.6 2.7 137 1 302.6 303.5 288.1 318.0 5.08 7 700 3169 1.6 0.9 95 0.7 1.3 72 3 304.3 305.3 289.3 322.0 5.85 8 650 3763 -0.7 -2.6 87 1.9 -1.6 63 7 308.2 309.1 289.8 323.3 4.88 9 600 4402 -2.5 -4.2 88 1.7 -3.3 235 6 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.0 4.67 10 550 5087 -6.6 -8.7 85 2.0 -7.5 246 8 316.2 316.9 291.1 327.9 3.61 11 500 5825 -11.5 -15.2 74 3.7 -12.8 245 11 319.0 319.4 290.8 326.7 2.34 12 450 6624 -17.9 -23.7 60 5.8 -19.3 220 14 320.8 321.0 290.3 325.1 1.26 13 400 7492 -23.7 -26.3 79 2.6 -24.3 219 20 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.12 14 350 8454 -30.6 -33.4 76 2.8 -31.0 216 33 327.5 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.65 15 300 9530 -39.9 -43.0 72 3.1 -40.2 205 44 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.29 16 250 10745 -49.1 -55.3 48 6.2 -49.4 207 69 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12200 -50.0 -73.2 5 23.2 -50.4 223 65 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14068 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 228 31 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16657 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 263 13 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.01 m Freezing level: 665.31 mb = 3581.10 m = 11748.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.23 mb = 3422.17 m = 11227.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.58 C = 76.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.31 mb = 2104.29 m = 6903.75 ft T: 10.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2551.43 m = 8370.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.46 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.79 mb = 2245.45 m = 7366.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.79 mb = 3182.57 m = 10441.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 688.79 mb = 3298.19 m = 10820.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 668.79 mb = 3534.54 m = 11596.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -25.6 tot: -16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 9.76 m/s