MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2409081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2409081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 9 SEP 24 Station: 48.22,-103.67 Latitude: 48.22 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 520 SFC 936 649 30.3 5.8 21 24.5 15.5 180 6 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.2 6.16 3 900 1000 27.0 4.7 24 22.3 13.8 182 7 309.4 310.5 291.1 327.8 5.97 4 850 1499 22.1 3.7 30 18.4 11.4 183 8 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.87 5 800 2020 17.0 2.6 38 14.4 8.9 184 8 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.1 5.77 6 750 2565 13.0 -12.6 16 25.6 2.3 205 9 310.7 311.1 287.8 317.0 1.93 7 700 3140 9.6 -23.4 8 32.9 -1.3 238 7 313.1 313.2 287.4 315.9 0.83 8 650 3749 5.5 -29.4 6 34.8 -4.4 254 9 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.0 0.52 9 600 4396 1.2 -36.6 4 37.8 -7.6 264 11 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.6 0.28 10 550 5089 -3.1 -41.7 3 38.6 -10.8 278 11 320.4 320.4 289.0 321.1 0.18 11 500 5835 -8.4 -46.2 3 37.8 -14.6 281 11 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.3 0.12 12 450 6642 -14.5 -50.6 3 36.0 -19.3 275 10 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 13 400 7521 -21.3 -49.0 6 27.7 -24.5 261 10 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.11 14 350 8490 -28.8 -39.1 36 10.3 -30.2 246 15 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.3 0.37 15 300 9574 -37.6 -47.1 37 9.5 -38.3 235 23 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.18 16 250 10804 -47.3 -55.2 40 7.9 -47.7 226 30 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12245 -57.4 -66.8 29 9.5 -57.5 221 33 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 18 150 14052 -59.6 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.7 235 17 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16576 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.9 293 12 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.95 m Freezing level: 585.78 mb = 4593.34 m = 15069.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.28 mb = 2925.26 m = 9597.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.70 mb = 3702.29 m = 12146.48 ft T: 5.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.84 mb = 4877.11 m = 16000.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.42 C = 104.76 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.47 C Cross Totals Index: 12.10 C K Index: 1.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5951.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.43 mb = 3768.44 m = 12363.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 10.33 m/s